Sobre las olas

Waltz by Juventino Rosas

The waltz "Sobre las olas" ("Over the Waves") is the best-known work of Mexican composer Juventino Rosas (1868–1894), who first published it in 1888.^[1] It "remains one of the most famous Latin American pieces worldwide", according to the "Latin America" article in The Oxford Companion to Music.^[2] It remains popular as a classic waltz, and has also found its way into New Orleans Jazz and Tejano music.^[1]

Recordings

Dave Brubeck on Bravo! Brubeck! (1967)
Chet Atkins, on Alone (1973)
The Beach Boys, on Feel Flows (2021) (recorded in 1970 as “Carnival”)
Willie Nelson, on Red Headed Stranger (1975)
Pete Fountain, on Mr. New Orleans^{[citation needed]}

In popular media

A Mexican biographical film about the life of Juventino Rosas, titled Sobre las olas [de], was directed by Miguel Zacarías in 1933.^[3] Another Mexican film biography using this title was directed in 1950 by Ismael Rodríguez and starred Pedro Infante.^[4]
In The Philadelphia Story (1940), Cary Grant hums the opening bars while playing with candlesticks.
Snippets of the melody were used in Warner Bros. cartoons, including in An Itch in Time (1943) and Canary Row (1950).^[5]
A cover with English lyrics is performed as "The Loveliest Night of the Year" in the 1951 American film The Great Caruso.^[6]
"Sobre las olas" is the main musical theme of the 1980 arcade game Carnival.^[7]
The theme is used in the Atari 2600 video game Pitfall II: Lost Caverns (1984).^{[citation needed]}
The theme is used as the song for the "Observatory" ride in the 1994 video game Theme Park.^[8]
A rendition by the Mexico Festival Orchestra, conducted by Enrique Bátiz, is included in the in-game classical radio station Radio Eterna of the 2021 racing game Forza Horizon 5.^[9]

References

^ ^a ^b Helmut Brenner (2000) "Juventino Rosas: His Life, His Work, His Time", Detroit Monographs in Musicology/Studies in Music, vol. 32, J. Bunker Clark, ed., Harmonie Park Press, Warren, Michigan.
^ The Oxford Companion to Music (1 rev ed.) (2012) ISBN 9780199579037
^ Sobre las olas (1933) at IMDb
^ Sobre las olas/Over the Waves (1950) at IMDb
^ Magdanz, Teresa (August 2007). "'Sobre las olas': Cultural Synecdoche of the Past". Journal of the Society for American Music. 1 (3): 301–340. doi:10.1017/S1752196307070101. S2CID 192159890. ProQuest 219341246.
^ "American Roots Music : Eternal Songs – Standards". PBS. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
^ https://vgmrips.net/packs/pack/carnival-sega-vic-dual
^ https://www.vgmpf.com/Wiki/index.php?title=Theme_Park_(DOS)
^ "Forza Horizon 5 has Gone Gold". forzamotorsport.net. Retrieved 27 October 2021.

External links

Sobre las olas: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
Sheet music for "Over the Waves", F. Trifet & Co., 1895.
Vienna Orchestra (1904). "A Hullamokon, Keringo (Over the Waves Waltz)". Internet Archive. Columbia Record. E289. Retrieved 2017-12-29.