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3 unusual facts about Warsaw Concerto


Warsaw Concerto

It appears on the "Expanded Edition" of Booker's album "Classified", issued by Rounder Records in 2013.

The theme of the Concerto is borrowed in a popular-music love song whose lyrics include "The world outside will never know..." recorded by The Four Coins.

In 1999 US Rapper DMX sampled the Concerto on the single "What's my name", which was the first release from his US nÂș 1 album ...And Then There Was X


Franz Reizenstein

A pitched musical battle ensues, dragging in other themes (notably from Rhapsody in Blue, the Warsaw Concerto and the music-hall song "Roll Out the Barrel").


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