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"Moonlight Serenade" is an American swing ballad composed by Glenn Miller with subsequent lyrics by Mitchell Parish. It was an immediate phenomenon when released in May 1939 as an instrumental arrangement, though it had been adopted and performed as Miller's signature tune as early as 1938, even before it had been given the name "Moonlight Serenade".
Ray Conniff, [9] Paul Mauriat, and the rock group Chicago have versions of "Moonlight Serenade" on a 1995 3 inch CD single in Japan and on the album Night & Day Big Band (1995). "Moonlight Serenade" appears in the films Rumor Has It… (2005) and The Aviator (2004). It was released as a B-side to "Sunrise Serenade", written by Frankie Carle. [10]
Rellstab met Beethoven in 1825, [10] making it theoretically possible for Beethoven to have known of the moonlight comparison, though the nickname may not have arisen until later. By the late 1830s, the name "Mondscheinsonate" was being used in German publications [11] and "Moonlight Sonata" in English [12] publications. Later in the nineteenth ...
A well-known example of consistent instrumental close harmony is Glenn Miller's "Moonlight Serenade" which uses the full range of single-reed wind instruments (soprano clarinet, alto, tenor, and baritone saxophones) to make a distinctive sound by harmonizing the different sections all within a single octave.
Moonlight Serenade" is a 1939 American popular song with original music by Glenn Miller and subsequent lyrics by Mitchell Parish. Moonlight Serenade may also refer to: Moonlight Serenade, Hong Kong film by Shaw Brothers Studios; Moonlight Serenade, Japanese film; Moonlight Serenade, American film
"In the Mood" starts with a saxophone section theme based on repeated arpeggios that are rhythmically displaced; trumpets and trombones add accent riffs. The arrangement has two solo sections: a "tenor fight" or chase solo—in one recording between Tex Beneke and Al Klink—and a 16-bar trumpet solo by Clyde Hurley. [6]
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Moonlight Serenade: a bio-discography of the Glenn Miller Civilian Band. New Rochelle, NY: Arlington House. ISBN 0-87000-161-2. Miller, Glenn (1943). Glenn Miller's Method for Orchestral Arranging. New York: Mutual Music Society. ASIN: B0007DMEDQ; Simon, George Thomas (1980). Glenn Miller and His Orchestra. New York: Da Capo paperback.