Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise
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title:
Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise
text:
"Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise" is a song with music by Sigmund Romberg and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II from the 1928 operetta The New Moon. One of the best-known numbers from the show, it is a song of bitterness and yearning for a lost love, sung in the show by Philippe (tenor), the best friend of the hero, Robert Mission (baritone). The original song was composed as a tango, and features a dance as accompaniment to the choral reprise, but many versions of the song have changed the tempo c
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Operetta song and jazz standard
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Softly,_as_in_a_Morning_Sunrise
date created:
2009-05-03T01:27:17Z
date modified:
2024-09-04T12:57:14Z
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