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The Huntley–Brinkley Report (sometimes known as The Texaco Huntley–Brinkley Report for one of its early sponsors) is an American television program broadcast by NBC. Anchored by Chet Huntley in New York City , and David Brinkley in Washington, D.C.
The show's theme music was the opening bars of the second movement of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, a nod to NBC's Huntley-Brinkley Report and NBC Nightly News themes from the 1960s and 1970s. During the opening sequence of each nightly episode, Olbermann, in voice-over , previewed upcoming stories after asking: "Which of these stories will you ...
The Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61, was written by Ludwig van Beethoven in 1806. Its first performance by Franz Clement was unsuccessful and for some decades the work languished in obscurity, until revived in 1844 by the then 12-year-old violinist Joseph Joachim with the orchestra of the London Philharmonic Society conducted by Felix Mendelssohn.
In general, the second movement, the scherzo, is played when Alex is alone in his room. The opening sets of notes (which are also the theme tune for Keith Olbermann's TV show) are played when the camera zooms in on an illustration of Beethoven. The scherzo is also played (electronically) when the old man drives Alex to dive out the window.
The Huntley–Brinkley Report used the opening to the second movement as its theme music during the run of the program on NBC from 1956 until 1970. The theme was taken from the 1952 RCA Victor recording of the Ninth Symphony by the NBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Arturo Toscanini. [83]
Beethoven expanded the formal and emotional scope – not to mention length – of nearly every genre in which he wrote. While he is most famous for his heightening of the symphonic form, Beethoven also had a dramatic influence on the piano sonata, violin sonata, string quartet and piano concerto, among several others.
Huntley continues to impress and now he's gunning for a win on The Voice finale!. The rocking vocalist is the only male performer remaining in the competition and his first performance on Monday's ...
Conley was a foreign correspondent for The New York Times in the 1950s and 1960s, [1] bureau chief for NBC News, Africa, as well as a foreign correspondent for NBC News' The Huntley-Brinkley Report throughout the 1960s, [2] editor for and contributor to National Geographic magazine in the late 1960s to early 1970s, [3] and first host of the groundbreaking and popular Peabody Award-winning ...