The New Criterion

This episode begins with Mozart—a movement from a piano sonata. It ends with a popular song, from the mid-1950s: “Little Things Mean a Lot.” In between are wonders and curiosities—including the Orientalist song on which the James Bond theme is based. Mozart, Allegretto from Sonata No. 10 in C major, K. 330 “The Star-Spangled Banner,” arranged by Stravinsky “The Tahiti Trot,” an arrangement by Shostakovich of “Tea for Two” Norman, Monty, “Bad Sign, Good Sign” Norman, Monty, “The James Bond Theme” Stutz-Lindeman, “Little Things Mean a Lot”