Jealousy by Jacob Gade (1869 - 1963) performed by La Rosa.
His "tzigane tango" "Jalousie" was a worldwide hit. Performed for the first time on Monday, September 14, 1925, on the premiere of the American movie "Don Q. Son of Zorro", starring Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Astor, it placed Denmark in the world map of music. His royalties as composer were so ample that in the 1970's it was estimated that the song was played, at least, once every minute on some radio station worldwide.
"Jalousie" was born as an instrumental, but later in every country a lyric was written, according to their taste and commercial preference. In the version performed here, Vera Bloom wrote the lyrics, entitled "Jealousy" and Frankie Laine with Paul Weston & his Orchestra recorded the song in 1951. In Finland a lyric written by Kuliervo is known. In Great Britain, the then famous orchestra led by Gerald Bright presented his vocalist Monterrey (his true name was Montgomery) singing a lyric by E. Way and so appeared many others of the kind.
In our country its instrumental form was always respected. We highlight the renditions of the Sexteto Mayor; Nito Farace's who made an original delicate arrangement featuring the soloist Szymsia Bajour on violin; Osvaldo Requena's with Suárez Paz on violin; Francisco Lomuto's and Florindo Sassone's which has a good tango flavor but the violin is hardly heard. The piece possesses beauty because of its violin solos, without them the number is deprived of its charm.
The boom of "Jalousie" stirred up a legal conflict with the Danish publishing house Wilhelm Hansen to which Gade had granted the royalties of all the pieces he would compose until a certain date. The composer did not stick to what was agreed and published "Jalousie" by his own publishing house, Gade & Warny, thinking that the contract had expired, on the same day of the above mentioned premiere. The issue was solved after Gade yielded a part of his royalties.
"Jalousie" is heard (totally or partially) in the soundtracks of over 100 movies, in numerous television series and on all new ways of playing back since records appeared.
When Gade drew up his will in 1956, he included his wish that all his estate and future royalties were granted to a foundation that had to be created under his name to sponsor young talented musicians. Explaining that reason, he said: "I still remember the financial and educational difficulties I had when I was young, when I arrived in Copenhagen with the purpose of making a living with music". Excerpts from www.todotango.com/english/biblioteca/cronicas/jgade_creador_celos.asp
Filmed live on 29 November 2013 at Verbrugghen Hall, Conservatorium of Music, Sydney. Concert organized by Maggie Ferguson [ Ссылка ]
Video and sound recording produced by Jason Julian [ Ссылка ]
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