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From: rlr@pyuxn.UUCP (Rich Rosen)
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Subject: Re: Flute Theme from THE SHORE LEAVE
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Date: Mon, 5-Mar-84 15:14:11 EST
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Posted: Mon Mar  5 15:14:11 1984
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> This music is not incidental music, but is by Claude Debussy and is
> called "Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun". This music was also used
> in the movie "Nijinski".

This statement is blatantly false.  The music in question was indeed
incidental music for the Star Trek series.  One could probably find out
who wrote it by examining the credits for the earliest episode in which
it appears.  The credits probably said:  "Music by Gerald Fried.  Star Trek
Theme by Alexander Courage."  If memory serves, Courage actually wrote the
ST theme, and for at least one of the three years of the series, Gerald
Fried wrote the other music for the show.

The piece in question is definitely one of my favorite film/TV music
pieces.  "Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun", which also begins with a
flute solo (very chromatic), is a truly exquisite piece of music, but it
was not used in Star Trek, at least not in the episodes mentioned (Shore
Leave and This Side of Paradise).
-- 
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	Rich Rosen    pyuxn!rlr