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Moon River - by Andrew Wu - flights of fantasy

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Program notes for Holden’s arrangement of Moon River. More to come later, for other works. See details about our composition recital and RSVP here. Henry Mancini composed the song Moon River for the soundtrack of the movie Breakfast at Tiffany’s. His lyricist Johnny Mercer drafted a few options for the tune, including the following: I’m Holly / Like I want to be / Like Holly on a tree / back home Just plain Holly / With no dolly / No mama, no papa / wherever I roam There’s an almost tortured quality to the singer’s continued insistence on the self. I’m Holly, like I want to be. Just plain Holly. With no dolly, no mama, no papa. Early on, the movie’s female lead Holly Golightly, played by Audrey Hepburn, introduces us to a cat she lives with: “Poor old cat. [...] Poor slob without a name. The way I look at it, I don’t have the right to give him one. We don’t belong to each other.” Later, in a farewell scene with her former husband Doc from whom she ran away, we learn she gave herself th

Program notes for Holden’s arrangement of Moon River. More to come later, for other works. See details about our composition recital and RSVP here. Published in Quarter Notes Mag. Henry Mancini composed the song Moon River for the soundtrack of the movie Breakfast at Tiffany’s. His lyricist Johnny Mercer drafted a few options for the tune, including the following: I’m Holly / Like I want to be / Like Holly on a tree / back home Just plain Holly / With no dolly / No mama, no papa / wherever I roam There’s an almost tortured quality to the singer’s continued insistence on the self. I’m…

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