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"Don't Cry for Me Argentina" is a song recorded by Julie Covington for the 1976 concept album Evita, later included in the 1978 musical of the same name. The song was written and composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice while they were researching the life of Argentine leader Eva Perón .
Classical music in Evita includes the opening choral piece ("Requiem for Evita") and a choral interlude in "Oh What a Circus", as well as instrumental passages throughout the musical such as the orchestral version of the "Lament" and the introduction to "Don't Cry for Me Argentina". Rhythmic Latinate styles are heard in pieces such as "Buenos ...
Musically, "Oh What a Circus" is a contrafactum, and shares its composition with the better known "Don't Cry for Me Argentina" from the same show, but has a faster tempo and completely different lyrics. [7] The song includes a choral chant in Latin, based on the Catholic anthem "Salve Regina". Alternative lyrics to "Don't Cry for Me Argentina ...
The track was cut from the score and a new song written to include the key plotline of Juan Perón's rise to power: "The Art of the Possible". [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The libretto and synopsis record "Part One" ending after the balcony scene following "Don't Cry for Me, Argentina" and "Part Two" beginning with "High Flying, Adored".
The second single from R.E.M.’s third album, Fables of the Reconstruction, “Driver 8” is one of the group’s best-known songs, with quotable lyrics (which is almost unheard of for a pre-Out ...
Patti LuPone's performance of 'Don't Cry For Me Argentina' left the audience completely floored at the 2018 Grammy Awards.
Julie Covington (born 11 September 1946) is an English singer and actress, best known for recording the original version of "Don't Cry for Me Argentina", [1] which she sang on the 1976 concept album Evita.
[69] [70] Special features on the Criterion LaserDisc include an audio commentary by Parker, Madonna's music videos for "Don't Cry for Me Argentina" and "You Must Love Me", two theatrical trailers and five TV spots. [71] The film was released on DVD on March 25, 1998. [72] A 15th Anniversary Edition was released on Blu-ray on June 19, 2012. [73]