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Charles Borel-Clerc (pen name of French composer Charles Clerc) (1879-1959) composed this piece from melodies developed by Ramón Estellés from the notes of a score by Carlos Gomes, with the melody of the pasodoble 'La Giralda' by Eduardo López Juarranz that he heard when he was in Spain in 1905. The subtitle on the sheetmusic states 'CÉLÈBRE MARCHE' Sur les motifs Populaire Espagnole. "La Sorella" means "The Sister".
Louis S Gallini (1874-1944) is widely considered the arranger. (Each of these two composers wrote a work with the title La Sorella.)
This song was published in 1905 by Borel-Clerc, as "La Mattchiche" (La Maxixe") (pronounced 'masheeshee'), a popular French cafe song, popularized by Félix Mayol. The Mattchiche is a Brazilian folk dance, first performed there in 1875. As a popular dancing style in Europe and the rest of the world, it was only established in 1912-13, and had nothing to do with Félix Mayol's 'La Mattchiche'.
The song has appeared in many forms through the years, and has been performed in American versions ("Choo'n gum"), by Teresa Brewer, The Andrews Sisters, Dean Martin, and others.
The tune also found its way into Victor Young's brilliant soundtrack to the 1956 film "Around The World In 80 Days".
(Sources: Google Books, live internet ru, Wikipedia)
Of recent particular historical note, focus was brought to bear on this song in August of 2013. "A little over a century after the tragic sinking of the Titanic, historians repaired a strange little toy pig that survived the infamous wreck. The curious pig was repaired following an appearance in a National Maritime Museum exhibition meant to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the disaster.
According to the museum, the pig originally belonged to a wealthy 32-year-old American passenger named Edith Rosenbaum (later changed to Edith Russell). A lucky charm from her mother, the little toy [ed: a music box] ended up saving Rosenbaum's life.
In 1970, five years before her death, the then 90-year-old Russell told the BBC how she stubbornly refused to leave the "unsinkable ship" and evacuated only after a fed-up sailor threw her beloved toy into a lifeboat. For the next six hours, Russell used the odd possession to soothe her packed lifeboat's many terrified children. Russell said "I believe I'll play music and maybe the children would be diverted. And the poor children were so interested, most of them stopped crying."
By the time the pig reached the National Maritime Museum it had long since stopped working. Constructed from wood, papier maché and pig skin, the toy was far too fragile to open, according to the museum. Undaunted, however, experts used 3D X-ray scans to look at the toy's inner workings, and eventually figured out a way to access the music box mechanism without damaging the pig.
"The tune came out beautifully," museum curator Rory McEvoy told The Telegraph. "It was quite unbelievable and very emotive. There are a few notes missing, because a couple of the comb teeth are adrift, but otherwise, the song was as clear as it ever was. Listening to it for the first time had a powerful impact."
Although the song itself was at first a mystery to researchers, Daily Telegraph readers helped identify it as the 'La Sorella' march."
(Thanks to the UK Daily Telegraph, and the Huffington Post.)
Straight from the 1972 vinyl. I own nothing here.
Charles Borel-Clerc (pen name of French composer Charles Clerc) (1879-1959) composed this piece from melodies developed by Ramón Estellés from the notes of a score by Carlos Gomes, with the melody of the pasodoble 'La Giralda' by Eduardo López Juarranz that he heard when he was in Spain in 1905. The subtitle on the sheetmusic states 'CÉLÈBRE MARCHE' Sur les motifs Populaire Espagnole. "La Sorella" means "The Sister".
Louis S Gallini (1874-1944) is widely considered the arranger. (Each of these two composers wrote a work with the title La Sorella.)
This song was published in 1905 by Borel-Clerc, as "La Mattchiche" (La Maxixe") (pronounced 'masheeshee'), a popular French cafe song, popularized by Félix Mayol. The Mattchiche is a Brazilian folk dance, first performed there in 1875. As a popular dancing style in Europe and the rest of the world, it was only established in 1912-13, and had nothing to do with Félix Mayol's 'La Mattchiche'.
The song has appeared in many forms through the years, and has been performed in American versions ("Choo'n gum"), by Teresa Brewer, The Andrews Sisters, Dean Martin, and others.
The tune also found its way into Victor Young's brilliant soundtrack to the 1956 film "Around The World In 80 Days".
(Sources: Google Books, live internet ru, Wikipedia)
Of recent particular historical note, focus was brought to bear on this song in August of 2013. "A little over a century after the tragic sinking of the Titanic, historians repaired a strange little toy pig that survived the infamous wreck. The curious pig was repaired following an appearance in a National Maritime Museum exhibition meant to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the disaster.
According to the museum, the pig originally belonged to a wealthy 32-year-old American passenger named Edith Rosenbaum (later changed to Edith Russell). A lucky charm from her mother, the little toy [ed: a music box] ended up saving Rosenbaum's life.
In 1970, five years before her death, the then 90-year-old Russell told the BBC how she stubbornly refused to leave the "unsinkable ship" and evacuated only after a fed-up sailor threw her beloved toy into a lifeboat. For the next six hours, Russell used the odd possession to soothe her packed lifeboat's many terrified children. Russell said "I believe I'll play music and maybe the children would be diverted. And the poor children were so interested, most of them stopped crying."
By the time the pig reached the National Maritime Museum it had long since stopped working. Constructed from wood, papier maché and pig skin, the toy was far too fragile to open, according to the museum. Undaunted, however, experts used 3D X-ray scans to look at the toy's inner workings, and eventually figured out a way to access the music box mechanism without damaging the pig.
"The tune came out beautifully," museum curator Rory McEvoy told The Telegraph. "It was quite unbelievable and very emotive. There are a few notes missing, because a couple of the comb teeth are adrift, but otherwise, the song was as clear as it ever was. Listening to it for the first time had a powerful impact."
Although the song itself was at first a mystery to researchers, Daily Telegraph readers helped identify it as the 'La Sorella' march."
(Thanks to the UK Daily Telegraph, and the Huffington Post.)
Straight from the 1972 vinyl. I own nothing here.
