Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uwm.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!psuvax1!psuvm!auvm!UNC!UNCPJS From: UNCPJS@UNC.BITNET (Peter J. Schledorn) Newsgroups: bit.listserv.allmusic Subject: Re: Khatchaturian Message-ID: Date: 13 Feb 90 14:39:00 GMT Sender: Discussions on all forms of Music Reply-To: Discussions on all forms of Music Lines: 14 Approved: NETNEWS@AUVM Gateway > If I am not mistaken, Kubrick used a selection of one of his pieces in > 2001, when they had the astronaut jog on the track. It was a string > section playing a melody in unison. I could see how it would be > influenced by folk forms. > > Jeff Beer Yes, it was the Adagio from the Gayne ballet suite. Great choice of music for that scene. The first movement of the suite is the Sabre Dance, which was incredibly popular in the 1930's and 1940's--I have a 78 of Oscar Levant playing a piano/orchestra version in my small collection of recorded oddities. Best, Peter.