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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".
[b] Although known throughout the world as the Moonlight Sonata (German: Mondscheinsonate), it was not Beethoven who named it so. The name grew popular later, likely long after Beethoven's death. The name grew popular later, likely long after Beethoven's death.
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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
Serenade by Judith Leyster. 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. The term comes from the Italian word serenata, which itself derives from the ...
A Moonlight Serenade on the Queen Mary 2 (DVD) In September 2005, Simon performed two concerts aboard the RMS Queen Mary 2 , on a transatlantic trip from New York City to Southampton . A DVD of the concerts was released as A Moonlight Serenade on the Queen Mary 2 on November 22, 2005, and an edited version was broadcast on various PBS stations ...
Melodic fragment (introduced in measures 7-8), Chopin's Fantaisie-Impromptu Cadenza (measure 188), Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 14, third movement. Ernst Oster observes that the Fantaisie-Impromptu draws many of its harmonic and tonal elements from Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata, which is also in C ♯ minor, and from the third movement in particular.
Glenn Miller and His Orchestra recorded "A String of Pearls" on November 8, 1941 in New York, which was copyrighted and published by The Mutual Music Society, Inc., ASCAP. It was released as an RCA Bluebird 78 single, B-11382-B, backed with "Day Dreaming", in 1941 by Glenn Miller and His Orchestra.