Until the Pale Light of Dawning

George Melachrino
English-born multi-instrument musician,
composer, and orchestra director
(1 May, 1909 - 18 June 1965)
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The Melachrino Strings and Orchestra (1964)
- You and the Night and the Music (Dietz and Schwartz)

Sunrise, Sunset

Sheldon Harnick
American-born film-stage lyricst
30 April, 1924 -
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London Festival Chorus (1999)
- Sunrise, Sunset
(Bock and Harnick)

Sunrise, Sunset
from 'Fiddler on the Roof' (1971)

Music: Jerry Bock
Words: Sheldon Harnick

London Festival Chorus (1999)
Non-film version

Is this the little girl I carried?
Is this the little boy at play?

I don't remember growing older
When did they?

When did she get to be a beauty?
When did he grow to be so tall?

Wasn't it yesterday
When they were small?

Sunrise, sunset
Sunrise, sunset
Swiftly flow the days
Seedlings turn overnight to sunflowers
Blossoming even as we gaze

Sunrise, sunset
Sunrise, sunset
Swiftly fly the years
One season following another
Laden with happiness and tears

Now is the little boy a bridegroom
Now is the little girl a bride

Under the canopy I see them
Side by side

Place the gold ring around her finger
Share the sweet wine and break the glass

Soon the full circle will have come to pass

Sunrise, sunset
Sunrise, sunset
Swiftly flow the days
Seedlings turn overnight to sunflowers
Blossoming even as we gaze

Sunrise, sunset
Sunrise, sunset
Swiftly fly the years
One season following another
Laden with happiness and tears

You Want How Many Oranges?

Sergei Prokofiev
Russian neo-classical
ballet and opera composer
(27 April, 1891 - 5 March, 1953)
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Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin (1992)
- March from 'The Love of Three Oranges'
Suite for Orchestra, Op. 33 (Prokofiev)

The Bostic Sleep

Earl Bostic
Alto saxist; Rhythm and Blues band leader
(25 April, 1913 - 28 October, 1968)

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Earl Bostic, alto sax (1951)
- Sleep

A Menuhin and Grappelli Violin Duet

Yehudi Menuhin
American-born violin virtuoso
and classical music conductor
(22 April, 1916 - 12 March, 1999)
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Yehudi Menuhin, violin
& Stephane Grappelli, jazz violin (1998)
- Cheek to Cheek (Berlin)
Since there are two violins in this piece, it's not possible to tell who is who if one is not familiar with either world-class musician.

Menuhin is the "higher voice". He starts and ends the piece with a classical flair. Grappelli trips along foot-loosely as the "lower voice" partner.

Sometimes an April day...

...will suddenly bring showers.

We have had light to moderate April showers the past two days. The weather got me thinking doing a YouTube video on an oldie movie tune - "April Love". So I did.

April Love is the Pat Boone's song which he sang in the movie. I added the lyrics for the sing-along to this song-story I made for YouTube.

Pat Boone (1957)
April Love (Fain and Webster)
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Mottola Shines

Tony Mottola
American-born guitarist and composer
(18 April, 1918 - 10 August, 2004)

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Tony Mottola, jazz guitar (1967)
- Sunny (Hebb)

April in Portugal with Oscar

A Song of April
"April in Portugal"
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Oscar Aleman, jazz guitar (1953)
- April in Portugal (Lucchessi and Popp)

Sayonara, Cherry Blossoms Festival 2010

Washington D.C.
National Cherry Blossom Festival
27 March - 11 April, 2010

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Romance Violin (2007)
- Sayonara

What Romantic Fools We Mortals Be

Helen Forrest
Big Band vocalist
(12 April, 1918 – 11 July, 1999)
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Benny Goodman Orchestra with
Helen Forrest (1941)
- Perfida (Dominquez)







Perfidia
Composer: Alberto Dominguez, 1939

Orchestra: Benny Goodman, 1941
Vocals: Helen Forrest, 1941

To you
My heart cries out perfidia
For I found you the love of my life
In somebody else’s arm

Your eyes
Are echoing perfidia
Forgetful of our promise of love
You're sharing another’s charm

With a sad lament my dreams have faded like a broken melody
While the gods of love look down and laugh at what romantic fools we mortals be

And now
I know my love was not for you
And so I take it back with a sigh
Perfidious one
Goodbye

The Art of Art

Art Van Damme
American-born jazz accordionist
(9 April, 1920 - 15 February, 2010)

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Art Van Damme, jazz accordion (1995)
Cheeck to Cheek (Berlin)

Heinz Provost's Intermezzo

Percy Faith
Orchestra leader, pianist, and arranger
(7 April, 1908 - 9 February, 1976)

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Percy Faith and His Orchestra (1959)
Intermezzo (Provost)

Somewhere a Hill Blossoms in Green and Gold

In 1966, lyricist Paul Francis Webster added the words to Maurice Jarre's Oscar winning score Somewhere My Love (Lara's Theme), first introduced in the 1965 film, "Dr. Zhivago." The Ray Conniff Singers debuted this song on 18 June 1966. It was #9 on the Hot 100 Chart.

The words to this song are captioned on my YouTube.


The Ray Conniff Singers (1966)
Somewhere My Love (Lara's Theme) Video
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Knee Deep in Flowers We'll Stray

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The McGuire Sisters (1956)
Tip-toe Thru the Tulips with Me
(Dubin and Burke)

Allelujah, He is Risen!

Sin's bonds severed we're delivered;
Christ has bruised the serpent's head;
Death no longer is the stronger
Hell itself is captive led,
Christ has risen from death's prison;
O'er the tomb He light has shed.

Praise the Savior
Third Stanza
Koralbok, 1697

The Sea is a Shepherdess

Bobby Darin recorded his signature hit, "Beyond the Sea", on Christmas Eve 1959. Other than the borrowed tune and the word "sea", there is no resemblance between Charles Trenet's "La Mer" and Darin's recording. The poetry of "La Mer" is lost in "Beyond the Sea."

Here it is, sung in French by Dalida, with my English captions.

Dalida (1986)
La mer (Trenet) Video
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Tetelestai

The most important word the world needs to know.  It is from the Bible:

John 19:30 "It is finished!"
Greek:τετέλεσταιTransliteration: "tetelestai"Definition: to bring to an end, complete, fulfill

Man of Sorrows
Words & Music: Phillip P. Bliss, 1875

1. Man of Sorrows! What a name
For the Son of God, Who came
Ruined sinners to reclaim.
[Chorus]

Chorus:
Hallelujah! What a Savior!
Hallelujah! What a Savior!

2. Bearing shame and scoffing rude,
In my place condemned He stood;
Sealed my pardon with His blood.
[Chorus]

3. Guilty, vile, and helpless we;
Spotless Lamb of God was He;
Full atonement! Can it be?
[Chorus]

4. Lifted up was He to die;
"It is finished!" was His cry;
Now in heaven exalted high.
[Chorus]

5. When He comes, our glorious King,
All His ransomed home to bring,
Then anew His song we’ll sing:
[Chorus]