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 ⓘ
linked to: Big band era
basedOn Sadko ⓘ
composerOfSourceWork Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov ⓘ
countryOfOriginOfSourceWork Russia ⓘ
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 ⓘ
notableRecordingPerformer Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra ⓘ
originalWorkComposer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov ⓘ
originalWorkGenre opera ⓘ
originalWorkTitle Sadko ⓘ
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 ⓘ
Thomas Francis Dorsey Jr. → notableWork → Song of India ⓘ
Eddie Sauter → notableWork → Moonlight on the Ganges (arrangement) ⓘ
linked to: Song of India
Sadko → notableAria → Song of the Indian Guest ⓘ
linked to: Song of India