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Bridge of Sighs is the second solo album by the English guitarist and songwriter Robin Trower. Released in 1974, it was his second album after leaving Procol Harum, and was a commercial breakthrough for Trower. Songs such as "Bridge of Sighs", "Too Rolling Stoned", "Day of the Eagle" and "Little Bit of Sympathy" became live concert staples.
The view from the Bridge of Sighs was the last view of Venice that convicts saw before their imprisonment. The bridge's English name was bestowed by Lord Byron in the 19th century as a translation from the Italian "Ponte dei sospiri", [2] [3] from the suggestion that prisoners would sigh at their final view of beautiful Venice through the window before being taken down to their cells.
The Bridge of Sighs" is particularly well-known because of its novel meter, complex three syllable rhymes, varied rhyming scheme and pathetic subject matter. The poem describes the woman as having been immersed in the grimy water, but having been washed so that whatever sins she may have committed are obliterated by the pathos of her death. She ...
The next year McTell was back on form with Bridge of Sighs. Released on Mays Records in 1987, [ 64 ] the album gathered together a lot of hitherto unfinished songs. It included "The Girl from the Hiring Fair" (originally written for Fairport Convention, [ 65 ] and in whose core repertoire it remains to this day), and "The Setting", influenced ...
Thomas Hood (23 May 1799 – 3 May 1845) was an English poet, author and humorist, best known for poems such as "The Bridge of Sighs" and "The Song of the Shirt". Hood wrote regularly for The London Magazine, Athenaeum, and Punch. He later published a magazine largely consisting of his own works.
Le pont des soupirs ("The Bridge of Sighs") is an opéra bouffe (or operetta) set in Venice, by Jacques Offenbach, first performed in Paris in 1861. The French libretto was written by Hector Crémieux and Ludovic Halévy . [ 1 ]
"Dreams of You" is a song by English singer-songwriter Ralph McTell, released on 21 November 1975 as a non-album single. The song peaked at number 36 in the UK Singles Chart. McTell later re-recorded the song for his 1987 album Bridge of Sighs. [1]
The song is referenced in the song 'Bridge of Sighs' on Ralph McTell's 1987 album of the same name, on which Richard Thompson plays lead guitar. In 2012, American rock band Counting Crows recorded a version of the song for their covers album, Underwater Sunshine (or What We Did on Our Summer Vacation) .