Music for Performance
ANNE OF THE INDIES
1951
Movements
Prelude
Sheba Queen
Jamaica
Finale
Program Notes
Franz Waxman composed a sweeping score for Anne of the Indies (20rh Century Fox 1951) that some have referred to as a homage to Korngold. Directed by Jacques Tourneur, Jean Peters portrays Anne, the tempestuous captain of the pirate Schooner Sheba Queen, who roams the Caribbean seeking revenge against her Father pirate-Captain “Blackbeard” Thomas Gomez. After saving the lives of Louis Jourdan, his true love Debra Paget and stoic first officer Herbert Marshall she goes to a watery grave.
Instr.
3(II,III=picc).2.5(IV=bcl,
V=eflcl,bcl).2(II=dbn)
4.3.3.1
timp.perc(2?): tglglsp,cyms,
sus cym,tamb,vib,gong
harp
pft
str