Sobre las olas

The waltz "Sobre las olas" ("Over the Waves") is the best-known work of Mexican composer Juventino Rosas (1868–1894). It "remains one of the most famous Latin American pieces worldwide", according to the "Latin America" article in The Oxford Companion to Music.[1]

For articles with similar titles, see Over the Waves (disambiguation).
Piano sheet music cover (Germany)

It was first published by Rosas in 1888.[2] It remains popular as a classic waltz, and has also found its way into New Orleans Jazz and Tejano music.

Recordings

Snippets of the melody were used in Warner Bros. cartoons, including in the 1943 An Itch in Time and 1950 Canary Row.[3]

A Mexican biographical film about the life of Juventino Rosas, titled Sobre las olas, was directed by Miguel Zacarías in 1933.[4] Another Mexican film biography using this title was directed in 1950 by Ismael Rodríguez and starred Pedro Infante.[5]

A cover with English lyrics is performed as "The Loveliest Night of the Year" in the 1951 American film The Great Caruso.[6]

  • "Sobre las olas" is the main musical theme of the 1980 arcade game Carnival.
  • The theme is used in the Atari 2600 video game Pitfall II: Lost Caverns (1984).
  • A rendition by the Mexico Festival Orchestra, conducted by Enrique Bátiz, is included in the in-game classical radio station Radio Eterna of the 2021 racing game Forza Horizon 5.[7]

References
  1. The Oxford Companion to Music (1 rev ed.) (2012) ISBN 9780199579037
  2. Helmut Brenner (2000) "Juventino Rosas: His Life, His Work, His Time", Detroit Monographs in Musicology/Studies in Music, vol. 32, J. Bunker Clark, ed., Harmonie Park Press, Warren, Michigan.
  3. ""Sobre las olas": Cultural Synecdoche of the Past". www.proquest.com. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
  4. Sobre las olas (1933) at IMDb
  5. Sobre las olas/Over the Waves (1950) at IMDb
  6. "American Roots Music : Eternal Songs – Standards". PBS. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
  7. "Forza Horizon 5 has Gone Gold". forzamotorsport.net. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
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