Granada (song)

Granada is a 1932 book written by the Mexican composer Agustín Lara (Fine Art) Song for Tenor and Orchestra of the Spanish city of Granada. It comes just as the title of Valencia, from a cycle of songs about Spanish cities, from which, however, all other tracks are barely mentioned.

Artists

The song was interpreted by nearly all major tenors. In addition to the recordings of Fritz Wunderlich, Joseph Schmidt, Plácido Domingo, Mario Lanza, to name just a few, there are also versions by singers of popular music such as Frank Sinatra, Frankie Laine, Trini Lopez or baccarat.

Text

The best-known version of the song is also the original version, in which Lara's own Spanish text is sung. Other versions of the text exist in English ( Dorothy Dodd ) and German ( Ralph Maria Siegel ), but have content with the original little in common.