On 7 September 1976, Clapton wrote “Wonderful Tonight” for Boyd while waiting for her to get ready to attend Paul and Linda McCartney’s annual Buddy Holly party. Of “Wonderful Tonight”, Boyd would say: “For years it tore at me. To…
Luigi Rinaldo Legnani (7 November 1790 – 5 August 1877) was an Italian guitarist, singer, composer and luthier. Born in Ravenna, Legnani was trained as a string player while very young but dedicated himself to guitar and voice. His debut as…
“Santa Lucia” is a traditional Italian song. The original lyrics of “Santa Lucia” celebrate the picturesque waterfront district, Borgo Santa Lucia, in the Bay of Naples, in the invitation of a boatman to take a turn in his boat, to…
A’ Soalin is a round contained in the second album by the American folk music trio Peter, Paul & Mary, released in January 1963. “A’ Soalin” is actually a traditional song called “Soul Cake“, which is a small round cake…
“Michelle” is a particular song of The Bealtes production. Is mainly written by Paul McCartney, but there is also the contribution of John Lennon. Michelle presents a sequence of sophisticated chords for a pop piece, in fact McCartney says he…
Antonio Lauro was a Venezuelan composer and guitarist, considered among the leading 20th century guitar composers. A concert whose program consisted of such valses venezolanos (Venezuelan waltzes) by the distinguished Venezuelan pianist Evencio Castellanos (1914-1984) convinced Lauro that the guitar…
What is commonly known throughout the world as “Albinoni’s Adagio” is actually a composition of the Italian musicologist Remo Giazotto of 1958. The equivocation is that Giazotto said that he wrote this music from Albinoni’s manuscript fragments but It actually…
