Sobre las olas explained

The waltz "Sobre las olas" ("Over the Waves") is the best-known work of Mexican composer Juventino Rosas (1868–1894), who first published it in 1888.^[1] It "remains one of the most famous Latin American pieces worldwide", according to the "Latin America" article in The Oxford Companion to Music.^[2] It remains popular as a classic waltz, and has also found its way into New Orleans Jazz and Tejano music.

Recordings

• Dave Brubeck on Bravo! Brubeck! (1967)
• Chet Atkins, on Alone (1973)
• The Beach Boys, on Feel Flows (2021) (recorded in 1970 as “Carnival”)
• Willie Nelson, on Red Headed Stranger (1975)
• Pete Fountain, on Mr. New Orleans

In popular media

• A Mexican biographical film about the life of Juventino Rosas, titled , was directed by Miguel Zacarías in 1933. Another Mexican film biography using this title was directed in 1950 by Ismael Rodríguez and starred Pedro Infante.
• In The Philadelphia Story (1940), Cary Grant hums the opening bars while playing with candlesticks.
• Snippets of the melody were used in Warner Bros. cartoons, including in An Itch in Time (1943) and Canary Row (1950).^[3]
• A cover with English lyrics is performed as "The Loveliest Night of the Year" in the 1951 American film The Great Caruso.^[4]
• "Sobre las olas" is the main musical theme of the 1980 arcade game Carnival.^[5]
• The theme is used in the Atari 2600 video game (1984).
• The theme is used as the song for the "Observatory" ride in the 1994 video game Theme Park.^[6]
• 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]

External links

• • Sheet music for "Over the Waves", F. Trifet & Co., 1895.
• Web site: Vienna Orchestra. A Hullamokon, Keringo (Over the Waves Waltz). 1904. Internet Archive. Columbia Record. E289. 2017-12-29. none.

Notes and References

1. [Helmut Brenner]
2. The Oxford Companion to Music (1 rev ed.) (2012)
3. Magdanz . Teresa . 'Sobre las olas': Cultural Synecdoche of the Past . Journal of the Society for American Music . August 2007 . 1 . 3 . 301–340 . . 10.1017/S1752196307070101 . 192159890 .
4. Web site: American Roots Music : Eternal Songs – Standards . PBS. 27 October 2021.
5. Web site: VGMRips: Carnival .
6. Web site: Theme Park (DOS) - Video Game Music Preservation Foundation Wiki .
7. Web site: Forza Horizon 5 has Gone Gold . forzamotorsport.net . 27 October 2021.