Horst-Hans Bäcker: CONCERTO for VIOLIN and ORCHESTRA (3rd Movement) ...

CONCERTO for VIOLIN and ORCHESTRA (3rd Movement) by HORST-HANS BÄCKER, Cagayan de Oro/Philippinen

117 views  Jul 10, 2022  Final Draft of the last movement of the Violin Concerto

Dedicated in Gratitude to my Friend TULLIO VIDMAR

Jose Estella - La Tagala - Tanda de Valses (c1900)

José Estella - his music and his life

 

José Estella (1870 - 6 April 1943) was a Filipino composer and conductor. He was the composer of the first Philippine symphony.

Biography

José Estella (1870 - 6 April 1943) was a Filipino composer and conductor. A graduate of the Madrid Conservatory, he returned to the Philippines and there spent his time collecting folksongs and other music. In Manila and Cebu he conducted several orchestras, and was director of the Rizal Orchestra, founded in 1898. He wrote more than 100 waltzes which gained him the popular title of the ‘Philippine waltz king’, and he was the composer of the first Philippine symphony.

George Bernard Green - Overture on Philippine Folk Songs (1974)

George Bernard Green - Overture on Philippine Folk Songs (1974)

1,869 views  Aug 4, 2019  George Bernard Green - Overture on Philippine Folk Songs (1974)

Harminigildo Ranera conducting the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra

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In 1974, American George Bernard Green was commissioned to compose an orchestral piece for the 1974 Miss Universe pageant that will take place at the Folk Arts Theater in Manila. The result was Overture on Philippine Folk Songs. The work utilizes famous folk songs found all over the Philippines, such as Pamulinawen, Sampaguita, and Condansoy. Today, this orchestral work remains in the repertoire of Philippine orchestras.

Percy Faith & His Orchestra - A Summer Place - 1959

Percy Faith & His Orchestra - A Summer Place - 1959

2,129,774 views  Oct 22, 2019  A Summer Place Film, Directed by Delmer Daves, Warner Bros. 1959. 

Percy Faith recorded the most popular version of the theme, an instrumental orchestral arrangement, at the Columbia 30th Street Studio in New York City. It was released in September 1959 as a single on Columbia Records, credited to "Percy Faith and his Orchestra," prior to the November 1959 release of the film A Summer Place.

The single was not an immediate hit and did not enter the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart until mid-January 1960, finally reaching #1 six weeks later on February 22, 1960.[1] It went on to set an at-the-time record of nine consecutive weeks at #1 a record which would not be broken until 1977, when "You Light Up My Life" spent ten weeks at #1. (Elvis Presley's double-sided hit "Don't Be Cruel/ Hound Dog" remained at #1 for 11 weeks in 1956 prior to the 1958 creation of the Hot 100 chart; The Beatles' "Hey Jude" tied, but did not break, the nine-week record in 1968.) It remains the longest-running #1 instrumental in the history of the chart. Billboard ranked Faith's version as the Number One song for 1960.

The Faith version reached #2 in the UK. It was also a #1 hit in Italy under the title "Scandalo Al Sole."

Faith won a Grammy Award for Record of the Year in 1961 for his recording. This was the first movie theme and the first instrumental to win a Record of the Year Grammy.

Faith re-recorded the song twice: first, in 1969, as a female choral version, then, in 1976, as a disco version titled "Summer Place '76."

In 2008, Faith's original version was ranked at #18 on Billboard's top 100 songs during the first 50 years of the Hot 100 chart. The Billboard Book of Number One Hits called it "the most successful instrumental single of the rock era."

Love Is A Many Splendored Thing (모정.慕情) - The Film Studio Orchestra & An...

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Love Is A Many Splendored Thing (모정.慕情) - The Film Studio Orchestra & Andy Williams (with lyrics/한글)

78,497 views  Feb 3, 2021  Andy Williams (1927~2012)

Love Is a Many Splendored Thing

Love is a many splendored thing

It's the April rose that only grows in the early Spring

Love is nature's way of giving a reason to be living

The golden crown that makes a man a king

Once on a high and windy hill, In the morning mist

Two lovers kissed and the world stood still

Then your fingers touched my silent heart and taught it how to sing

Yes, true love's a many splendored thing

Once on a high and windy hill, In the morning mist

Two lovers kissed and the world stood still

Then your fingers touched my silent heart and taught it how to sing

Yes, true love's a many splendored thing.

What does Love Is a Many Splendored Thing mean?

"Love is a Many-Splendored Thing" is a pop tune from the 1950s, in fact I think it's a movie theme. Another way to say it would be, love has many splendors-- it is splendid in many ways. Overly fancified and romantic language to be sure.

Alain Delon & Romy Schneider - *Amour Fou* (Mireille Mathieu - Caruso)