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"Nocturne" is a song recorded by Irish-Norwegian duo Secret Garden –Fionnuala Sherry and Rolf Løvland– with music composed by Løvland and lyrics written by Petter Skavlan . It represented Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 1995 held in Dublin, resulting in the country's second win at the contest.
Songs from a Secret Garden is the first international album by Secret Garden. Released in 1996, ... "Nocturne" (lyrics by Petter Skavlan) 3:11: 2. "Pastorale" 3:47: 3.
Nocturne is a Swedish love song and lullaby which was composed in 1948 by Evert Taube. The song is also called "Sov på min arm", from the first line of the lyrics. The song was first performed in the film "Sjösalavår" in 1949. The song was first recorded by the composer's son, Sven-Bertil Taube, in 1954 and has been covered many times since. [1]
The group won the Eurovision Song Contest for Norway's second time in 1995 with the composition "Nocturne".It was the only time that a predominantly instrumental piece has won the Eurovision Song Contest, although a few Norwegian lyrics, written by screenwriter Petter Skavlan, were included to ensure that the entry adhered to the contest's rules.
"Harlem Nocturne" is a jazz standard written by Earle Hagen (music) and Dick Rogers (lyrics) in 1939 for the Ray Noble orchestra, of which they were members. [1] The song was chosen by the big-band leader Randy Brooks the next year as his theme song.
Norway was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1995 with the song "Nocturne", composed by Rolf Løvland, with lyrics by Petter Skavlan, and performed by Secret Garden. The Norwegian participating broadcaster, Norsk rikskringkasting (NRK), organised the national final Melodi Grand Prix 1995 in order to select its entry for the contest ...
Samuel Barber: the last of Four Songs, for voice and piano, Op. 13 (1938–40) is titled "Nocturne" (to a text by Frederic Prokosch), and this song also exists in a version with orchestra; Nocturne (Homage to John Field), for piano, Op. 33 (1959) William Basinski: Nocturnes; Arnold Bax: Nocturnes, for soprano and orchestra (1911)
Nocturne, Op. 60, is a song cycle by Benjamin Britten, written for tenor, seven obbligato instruments and strings. [1] The seven instruments are flute , cor anglais , clarinet , bassoon , harp , French horn and timpani .