“Mad World” is one of the first hit songs of the British band Tears for Fears, which describes a crazy world through many dream images, as they could see a teenager. The song was later taken by the composers Michael…
The success of the film “The Fabulous Destiny of Amelie Poulain“, is also on the soundtrack of the French minimalist composer Yann Tiersen. In particular, “La valse d’Amélie” is a song that recalls the style of Eric Satie, with a…
The song “Cavatina” by Stanley Myers, was originally composed for piano, but was later re-written for guitar by the same author, on the suggestion of John Williams, who recorded it before the film “The Deer Hunter” in 1978. Thanks to…
Moonlight Sonata is the name given in the Romantic period to the Sonata no. 14 in C-sharp minor by Ludwig van Beethoven, dedicated to his student Giulietta Guicciardi. In particular, it is well known the first movement of the Sonata,…
A little night music. It feels good to say “Eine Kleine Nachtmusik” or “Een Kleine Nacht Muziek” in Dutch. There’s a certain rhyme to it. But its original name was “Serenade No. 13 for Strings” or “A Little Serenade.” When…
Tico Tico is a Brazilian Choro composed by Zequinha de Abreu, with the original title: “Tico-Tico no Fubá” in 1917. The song became very famous thanks to the Disney film Saludos Amigos in 1944. It is also very well known…
