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The piano part has also been controversially credited to Rita Coolidge, Gordon's girlfriend at the time. The song was inspired by a love story that originated in 7th-century Persian literature and later formed the basis of The Story of Layla and Majnun by the 12th-century Persian poet Nizami Ganjavi, [1] a copy of which Ian Dallas had given to ...
"I Love a Piano" is a popular song with words and music by Irving Berlin. It was copyrighted on December 9, 1920 and introduced in the Broadway musical revue Stop! Look! Listen! when it was performed by Harry Fox and the ensemble. [1]
Paul McCartney began writing "My Love" on piano as a love song to his wife Linda. [5] [6] He said he wrote it early on in their relationship; McCartney biographer Luca Perasi dates the composition to 1969 or 1970. [7] The song is a piano ballad in the style of McCartney's Beatles song "The Long and Winding Road". [8] [9]
The lyrics for the Liebeslieder come from Georg Friedrich Daumer's Polydora, a collection of folk songs and love poems. While there is no concrete record indicating the exact inspiration for the Waltzes, there is speculation that Brahms' motivation for the songs was his frustrated love for pianist and composer Clara Schumann. [1]
The "piano mix" was used in the official video for "Love is" and also appears on Williams's Greatest Hits: The First Ten Years album. At the Grammy Awards in 1994, the song received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals.
"Mariage d'amour" ("Marriage of Love") is a piece of French solo piano music, composed by Paul de Senneville in 1978, and first performed by the pianist Richard Clayderman from his album Lettre À Ma Mère in 1979. [2] Later, pianist George Davidson performed this piece of music from his album My Heart Will Go On with a slightly different ...
Jason Kouchak sang the original Italian version Parla più piano as a tribute. Paul Mauriat's rendition was used as the theme music in the Soviet short animated film Contact (1978), where the melody acts as a central plot device. Bay Area rapper Mac Dre sampled the theme in his hip-hop song "Mafioso" from his album, Al Boo Boo (2003).
Brooklyn Duo is a classical crossover ensemble from Brooklyn, New York, consisting of Marnie Laird on piano and Patrick Laird on cello. [2] Brooklyn Duo was founded in 2014 when the married couple posted two cover videos on YouTube, one of which was a cover of "Empire" by Shakira. Shakira noticed the video and mentioned it in a tweet, saying ...