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Lolita", subtitled "Serenata spagnola" ("Spanish Serenade"), is an Italian song composed by Arturo Buzzi-Peccia. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] "Lolita" has been recorded by many great singers including Enrico Caruso , [ 1 ] Stefano Ballarini , [ 3 ] John McCormick , Titta Ruffo , Beniamino Gigli , Richard Tucker , Mario Lanza , and Luciano Pavarotti .
In music, a serenade (/ ˌ s ɛr ə ˈ n eɪ d /; also sometimes called a serenata, from the Italian) is a musical composition or performance delivered in honour of someone or something. Serenades are typically calm, light pieces of music.
Cantata: sung: A piece for orchestra and singers Capriccio: caprice: A lively piece, free in form, often used to show musical skill Cavatina: small instrumental tone: A simple melody or song Coda: tail: The end of a piece Concerto: concert: A work for one or more solo instruments accompanied by an orchestra Concertino: little concert
Cantiga – Monophonic song of Spanish or Portuguese origin, often about religious themes or courtly love. Conductus – Latin sacred song, monophonic or polyphonic non-liturgical vocal composition. Descant – Form where one singer performed a fixed melody while others improvised harmonious and melodically independent lines.
The meaning of the term changed over time, from the simple single-voice madrigal of the early 17th century, to the multi-voice "cantata da camera" and the "cantata da chiesa" of the later part of that century, from the more substantial dramatic forms of the 18th century to the usually sacred-texted 19th-century cantata, which was effectively a ...
"Las Mañanitas" Spanish pronunciation: [las maɲaˈnitas] is a traditional Mexican [1] birthday song written by Mexican composer Alfonso Esparza Oteo.It is popular in Mexico, usually sung early in the morning to awaken the birthday person, and especially as part of the custom of serenading women.
Ganz kleine Nachtmusik (German for Quite (or Very) Little Night Music), K. 648, [1] also known as Serenade in C, [2] is a composition for string trio by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791), written in the mid to late 1760s.
La serenata (The Serenade) is a one-act opera by Ruperto Chapí to a libretto by José Estremera . It was first performed on 5 November 1881 at the Teatro Apolo in Madrid. [ 1 ] [ 2 ]