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Sobre las olas

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.[1]

For articles with similar titles, see Over the Waves (disambiguation).

on Bravo! Brubeck! (1967)

Dave Brubeck

on Alone (1973)

Chet Atkins

on Feel Flows (2021) (recorded in 1970 as “Carnival”)

The Beach Boys

on Red Headed Stranger (1975)

Willie Nelson

on Mr. New Orleans

Pete Fountain

A Mexican biographical film about the life of Juventino Rosas, titled , was directed by Miguel Zacarías in 1933.[3] Another Mexican film biography using this title was directed in 1950 by Ismael Rodríguez and starred Pedro Infante.[4]

Sobre las olas

In (1940), Cary Grant hums the opening bars while playing with candlesticks.

The Philadelphia Story

Snippets of the melody were used in cartoons, including in An Itch in Time (1943) and Canary Row (1950).[5]

Warner Bros.

A cover with English lyrics is performed as "" in the 1951 American film The Great Caruso.[6]

The Loveliest Night of the Year

"Sobre las olas" is the main musical theme of the 1980 arcade game .[7]

Carnival

The theme is used in the Atari 2600 video game (1984).

Pitfall II: Lost Caverns

The theme is used as the song for the "Observatory" ride in the 1994 video game .[8]

Theme Park

A rendition by the Mexico Festival Orchestra, conducted by , is included in the in-game classical radio station Radio Eterna of the 2021 racing game Forza Horizon 5.[9]

Enrique Bátiz

: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project

Sobre las olas

F. Trifet & Co., 1895.

Sheet music for "Over the Waves"

Vienna Orchestra (1904). . Internet Archive. Columbia Record. E289. Retrieved 2017-12-29.

"A Hullamokon, Keringo (Over the Waves Waltz)"