Song of India

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"Song of India" is a popular jazz and big band standard, adapted from Rimsky-Korsakov’s opera "Sadko," that became widely known through Tommy Dorsey’s recording.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf big band standard
jazz standard
adaptationType classical-to-jazz adaptation
associatedWithEra Swing Era NERFINISHED
basedOn Sadko NERFINISHED
composerOfSourceWork Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov NERFINISHED
countryOfOriginOfSourceWork Russia NERFINISHED
derivedFrom aria from the opera Sadko
genre big band
jazz
hasArrangementTradition dance band arrangements
instrumental jazz versions
hasMelodicOrigin Russian classical music
hasMusicalForm song
hasStyleCharacteristic lyrical melody
romantic character
hasTitleLanguage English
influencedBy Romantic-era Russian orchestral style
instrumentationInFamousRecording trombone-led arrangement
languageOfOriginalMelody Russian
notableIn big band discography of Tommy Dorsey
notableRecordingBy Tommy Dorsey NERFINISHED
notableRecordingPerformer Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra NERFINISHED
originalWorkComposer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov NERFINISHED
originalWorkGenre opera
originalWorkTitle Sadko NERFINISHED
partOf American jazz repertoire
big band repertoire
popularizedInDecade 1930s
sourceWorkTitleLanguage Russian
usedAs showcase for trombone soloists

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Tommy Dorsey notableWork Song of India