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(Leroy Anderson)
This song was written for orchestra in Woodbury,
Connecticut, in 1947 and premiered by Arthur Fiedler, who said it was his favourite
Anderson number, and the Boston Pops Orchestra. Said by Leroy Anderson that it "started with a fragment
of melody" it gradually grew into the piece we know now. He chose the title as it sounded
like a "Latin-American serenade".
Described as having "an infectious Latin rhythm throughout" although
retaining its American style, the song is often played as a jazz number. First recorded in 1949 by Leroy
Anderson, with Mitchell Parish adding vocals to it in 1950, artists that
have recorded the piece are Sarah Vaughan, Nat King Cole and George Shearing.
Leroy Anderson and his Orchestra recordings
MCA MCAD-9815-B (CD: The Leroy Anderson Collection)
Cologne Radio Orchestra recordings
Laser Light 15 248 (CD: Symphonic Pops/Blue Tango)
Conductor -
Pinchas Steinberg
Eastman-Rochester Pops recordings
Mercury 432 013-2 (CD: The Music of Leroy Anderson)
Conductor -
Frederick Fennell
Mercury SACD 475 6942 (CD: Frederick Fennell
Conducts the Music of Leroy Anderson)
Conductor -
Frederick Fennell
Sources:
- http://www.leroy-anderson.com/html/hearthemusic.htm
- http://www.answers.com/topic/serenata-for-orchestra?cat=entertainment
- http://www.pbs.org/sleighride/Video&Music/Compositions_Serenata.htm
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