Anvil Chorus
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The Script error: No such module "Lang". (Italian for "Gypsy chorus"),[1] known in English as the "Anvil Chorus", is a chorus from act 2, scene 1 of Giuseppe Verdi's 1853 opera Il trovatore. It depicts Spanish Gypsies striking their anvils at dawn – hence its English name – and singing the praises of hard work, good wine, and Gypsy women. The piece is also commonly known by its opening words, "Script error: No such module "Lang".".
Italian libretto and poetic English adaptation
Zingari e zingare: |
Gypsy men and women: |
Other uses
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 You may hear Rockin' the Anvil by John Serry as recorded in 1956 Here on Archive.org |
Thomas Baker wrote Il Trovatore Quadrille (1855) for piano, which includes a movement based on this chorus.[3] Similarly, pianist/composer Charles Grobe wrote variations on the Anvil Chorus for piano in 1857.[4]
The opening day of the 1869 National Peace Jubilee in Boston featured a performance of the Anvil Chorus that featured thousands of musicians, including 50 firemen pounding anvils.[5]
A swing jazz arrangement by Jerry Gray for the Glenn Miller Orchestra released on RCA Bluebird in 1941 reached #3 on the U.S. Billboard charts.[6][7]
The melodic theme also served as the inspiration for "Rockin' the Anvil" for swing jazz ensemble and accordion on John Serry Sr.'s 1956 album Squeeze Play. [8][9]
The tune of the chorus was closely parodied in "The Burglar's Chorus" ("With cat-like tread") in Gilbert and Sullivan's 1879 comic opera The Pirates of Penzance, and soon after became a popular song with the lyrics Hail, Hail, the Gang's All Here.[10]
References
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- ^ The Ricordi score uses the title "Coro di Zingari", not "degli Zingari", on p. 100 of its score.
- ^ Italian and English text
- ^ Il Trovatore Quadrille by Thomas Baker: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
- ^ Anvil Chorus, Op. 910, by Charles Grobe: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Stephen L. Rhodes (2007). "The Nineteenth-Century American Wind Band". A History of the Wind Band. Lipscomb University. Retrieved February 17, 2021.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Billboard Magazine (USA) Weekly Single Charts For 1941". Hits of All Decades. Retrieved September 14, 2016.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Pop Chronicles 1940s Program #4". 1972.
- ^ "Rockin the Anvil" as described on the album Squeeze Play (DLP-3024) in 1956 performed by John Serry on Archive.org
- ^ Squeeze Play Featuring the Dynamic Accordion of John Serry album listing includes the song Rockin the Anvil on discogs.com
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Richard Taruskin (14 August 2006). "12". Music in the Nineteenth Century: The Oxford History of Western Music. Oxford University Press. pp. 596–597. ISBN 978-0-19-979602-1. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
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