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"Gloomy Sunday" (Hungarian: Szomorú Vasárnap), also known as the "Hungarian Suicide Song", is a popular song composed by Hungarian pianist and composer Rezső Seress and published in 1933. The original lyrics were titled "Vége a világnak" ( The world is ending ) and were about despair caused by war, ending in a quiet prayer about people's sins.
In 1936, Carter wrote English lyrics for the song "Gloomy Sunday" ("Szomorú vasárnap"), which had been written by Hungarian composer Rezső Seress with lyrics by László Jávor. Carter's lyrics were performed and recorded by Paul Robeson , whose recording was successful although most later versions of the song used alternative lyrics by ...
Ein Lied von Liebe und Tod (Gloomy Sunday – A Song of Love and Death, Hungarian: Szomorú vasárnap) is a 1999 film, a German/Hungarian co-production.. Although the movie centers on a romantic love triangle with tragic consequences, it has a strong historical background, set in Hungary during World War II.
It's a rendition of the Billie Holiday classic "Gloomy Sunday" so incredible, you'd hardly know it came from a 7-year-old. This performance earned Angelina Jordan Asta a standing ovation on the ...
In contrast to the melancholic nature of the original song, Gainsbourg's "jazzy Caribbean-kissed version" of "Gloomy Sunday" was described as a "lounge-y love song". [2] The cover version of "Mon légionnaire" also takes inspirations from the disco genre and features a synthesizer programming work over Gainsbourg's "gravelly" vocal delivery. [2]
Easter Sunday is almost here (and earlier than usual this year), and along with church services, Easter dinner, and an egg hunt or two, you absolutely must celebrate with music.
Rezsoe Seress, whose dirge-like song hit, "Gloomy Sunday" was blamed for touching off a wave of suicides during the nineteen-thirties, has ended his own life as a suicide it was learned today. Authorities disclosed today that Mr. Seress jumped from a window of his small apartment here last Sunday, shortly after his 69th birthday.
Also during this time, she recorded a version of the often covered traditional song "Gloomy Sunday", for the German WWII feature film drama Ein Lied von Liebe und Tod (released under the international title, Gloomy Sunday). In 2000, Nova released yet another live album entitled Wonderlust. [6] Over the years, Nova has written and recorded over ...