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Glenn Miller Orchestra - Moonlight Serenade

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"Moonlight Serenade" is an American popular song with original music by Glenn Miller and subsequent lyrics by Mitchell Parish. It was originally named "Now I Lay Me Down To Weep." When Miller recorded "Sunrise Serenade" in 1939, he placed this song on the back. It was an immediate phenomenon as an instrumental arrangement and was adopted as Miller's signature tune.

The most striking part of the piece was its use of clarinet-led saxophone section, which is widely considered the classic Glenn Miller style. The first eight bars of the melody follow the form of the 12-bar blues. The song is a premier example of the American big-band sound from the mid-twentieth century.

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Glenn Miller Orchestra - Moonlight Serenade

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  • Es muiy confortable ...

    Es muiy confortable escuchar esta versión
    la original, y cada vez q la escucho
    la disfruto muchisimo más!!!

    Felicitaciones!!

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  • you can say that ...

    you can say that again!!!!!

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  • una gran ...

    una gran interpretacion a mi modo de ver

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  • i do too world war ...

    i do too world war 2 and the Big Band era what a time that must have been if i coulde go back in time that is the time i go back to and if i could change the way i look too i'd look like not be but look like Ginger Rogers or Lana Turner

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  • nolarae THE SMOOTH ...

    nolarae THE SMOOTH AND WONDERFUL MUSIC OF
    GLENN MILLER,SO GLAD IT HAS BEEN REMASTERED
    AND BRINGING TO WORLD TO HEAR AGAIN, THIS WAS
    HIS THEME SONG,AS RECALL FROM TONITE'S PBS
    PROGRAM. SO MANY BEAUTIFUL TUNES.THANKS FOR POSTING.

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  • oh yes the greatest ...

    oh yes the greatest generation in music world is 1940's and the great orchestra is the "glenn miller orchestra so cool thanks for posting their instrumental music.

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  • tenho 35 anos, nem ...

    tenho 35 anos, nem é do meu tempo...
    mas estas epocas onde miller e sinatra reinavam, se duvida alguma foi o melhor periodo da musica romantica

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  • ¡Exelente, ...

    ¡Exelente,maravillosa!! yo la bailava con mi padre,grandes recuerdos,WOW¡¡!¡

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  • I so agree.

    I so agree.

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  • excelent, amazing ...

    excelent, amazing music from the heart

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  • This song is so ...

    This song is so beautiful. Every time I hear it I immediately think of the World War 2 era and the dynamic generation that fought and lived in it. Such rich memories...my grandfather had this on record and it was his favorite...it reminds me of him so very much. God bless the Greatest Generation.

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  • Beautiful music ...

    Beautiful music that reminds us of an incredible generation of people...wish their ilk was running things today!

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  • My mom, born in the ...

    My mom, born in the early 20's, would always sing big band songs and one of her many favorites was "moonlight serenade" and even tho you rarely hear the words too this song, because of my mom- I remember them too this day.

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  • To hear a live band ...

    To hear a live band play this song so faithfully, almost made me cry. Is it true only one band in the world can play Glenn's arrangements?

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  • Simplemente la ...

    Simplemente la mejor Orquesta de todos los tiempos... Glenn Miller And His Orchestra

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