The Loveliest Night of the Year
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"The Loveliest Night of the Year" is a popular
song
.
The music was first published as a waltz called "Sobre las olas
" ("Over the Waves") in 1888 written by Juventino P. Rosas
. In 1950
the music was adapted by Irving Aaronson
with lyrics by Paul Francis Webster
for the movie The Great Caruso
. It was sung by Mario Lanza
and became one of the most popular songs of 1951 reaching No 3 in the US Billboard Charts.
The song was recorded in 2008 by Australian singer Alfio
for his album Classic Rewinds, which plays tribute to Mario Lanza
and 14 other popular Italian-American singers.
Popular music
Popular music belongs to any of a number of musical genres "having wide appeal" and is typically distributed to large audiences through the music industry. It stands in contrast to both art music and traditional music, which are typically disseminated academically or orally to smaller, local...
song
Song
In music, a song is a composition for voice or voices, performed by singing.A song may be accompanied by musical instruments, or it may be unaccompanied, as in the case of a cappella songs...
.
The music was first published as a waltz called "Sobre las olas
Sobre las Olas
The waltz "Sobre las Olas" is the best known work of Mexican composer Juventino Rosas . It "remains one of the most famous Latin American pieces worldwide," according to the "Latin America" article in The Oxford Companion to Music.It was first published by Rosas in 1888...
" ("Over the Waves") in 1888 written by Juventino P. Rosas
Juventino Rosas
José Juventino Policarpo Rosas Cadenas was a Mexican composer and violinist.-Life and career:Rosas was born in Santa Cruz de Galeana, Guanajuato, now renamed Santa Cruz de Juventino Rosas. Rosas began his musical career as a street musician and playing with dance music bands in Mexico City...
. In 1950
1950 in music
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the music was adapted by Irving Aaronson
Irving Aaronson
Irving A. Aaronson was an American jazz pianist and big band leader.Born in New York, USA, Irving Aaronson learned piano from Alfred Sendry at the David Mannes School for music...
with lyrics by Paul Francis Webster
Paul Francis Webster
Paul Francis Webster was an American lyricist who won three Academy Awards for Best Song and was nominated sixteen times for the award.-Biography:...
for the movie The Great Caruso
The Great Caruso
The Great Caruso is a 1951 biographical film made by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It was directed by Richard Thorpe and produced by Joe Pasternak with Jesse L. Lasky as associate producer from a screenplay by Sonya Levien and William Ludwig. The original music was by Johnny Green and the cinematography by...
. It was sung by Mario Lanza
Mario Lanza
right|thumb|[[MGM]] still, circa 1949Mario Lanza was an American tenor and Hollywood movie star of the late 1940s and the 1950s. The son of Italian emigrants, he began studying to be a professional singer at the age of 16....
and became one of the most popular songs of 1951 reaching No 3 in the US Billboard Charts.
The song was recorded in 2008 by Australian singer Alfio
Alfio
Alfio is an Italian-Australian singer-songwriter, musician, and composer. He began singing at a very early age and started singing professionally at the age of 17, concentrating on recorded music and concerts so far...
for his album Classic Rewinds, which plays tribute to Mario Lanza
Mario Lanza
right|thumb|[[MGM]] still, circa 1949Mario Lanza was an American tenor and Hollywood movie star of the late 1940s and the 1950s. The son of Italian emigrants, he began studying to be a professional singer at the age of 16....
and 14 other popular Italian-American singers.