The Cornell University Music Department and Cornell Cinema presents the 1921 silent film of Shakespeare's 'Hamlet', with the title role played by then-superstar Asta Neilsen. Organist Dennis James joins us to talk about how he created the score out of music by three of Johann Sebastian Bach's sons, Carl Phillip Emanuel, Johann Christian, and Wilhelm Friedemann.https://wskg.org/audio/hamletjames.mp3 Photo credit: Danish Film Institute via Flickr
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