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Heavenly Music is a 1943 American musical short film fantasy film directed by Josef Berne. It won an Academy Awards at the 16th Academy Awards in 1944 for Best Short Subject (Two-Reel).Dixon, 1992 p. 5-6, p. 8, p. 160: He wrote the story in 1936, but it was not produced until 1943 by RCM productions.
Beethoven says that Barry must also prove that he has musical ability, giving him ten minutes to compose an original song. In frustration, Barry is going to quit, but Joy helps him write a song by becoming his muse. He writes and performs the song for the committee, but is denied and told he should return in 200 years to see if his music can stand the test of time. Joy speaks on his behalf, saying that his melody is beautiful, and could be played in any style. She asks several composers to play the melody in the individual classical and romantic styles of Chopin, Liszt, Rimsky-Korsakov, Strauss, and Beethoven. The committee decides to accept Barry into the Hall of Music and they all play his song together in a jazz style, and Gabriel enters playing jazz trumpet.Dixon, 1992 p. 76-77: LeBorg provides a lively short sketch of the plot. From an exchange between audience members and LeBorg, April 7, 1988,
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