The Story behind "Caruso" song

"Caruso" is a song written by Italian singer-songwriter Lucio Dalla (1943-2012) in 1986.

It is dedicated to Enrico Caruso, an Italian operatic first lyric tenor then dramatic tenor.

Following Lucio Dalla's death, the song entered the Italian Singles Chart, peaking at number two for two consecutive weeks.

The song simply tells about the pain and longings of a man who is about to die while he is looking into the eyes of a girl who was very dear to him.

The lyrics contain various subtle references to people and places in Caruso's life.

Ferdinando Sapio | Sorrento

Leopold Pollak | Genre painter

Leopold Pollak (1806-1880), was an Austrian genre and portrait painter.

Born in Bohemia as the son of a Jewish merchant. Pollak showed an early talent for painting.

In 1819, he enrolled at the Prague Academy of Fine Arts, where he studied for five years under the Director of the Academy, Joseph Bergler.

He continued his studies in Vienna with Johann Peter Krafft.

Claude Debussy | Danse Sacrée

"Dances for Harp and String Orchestra", in full in the original, "Danses pour harpe chromatique avec accompagnement d'orchestre d'instruments à cordes" (Dances for chromatic harp with string orchestra accompaniment), is a 1904 work by Claude Debussy.

There are two sections: Danse sacrée and Danse profane, and the work is sometimes billed accordingly.

It is a two-movement work, of about ten minutes' duration.

MAuguste Alexandre Hirsch | Calliope enseignant la musique à Orphée, 1865 | Musée d'art et d'archéologie du Périgord

Adolphe Alexandre Lesrel | Academic / genre painter

Adolphe Alexandre Lesrel (1839-1929) was a French painter.

Throughout his career, Lesrel collected awards, medals and official recognitions.

In 1889, at the Salon of the Society of French Artists and at the Universal Exhibition, Lesrel received an honorable mention.

Mozart: "A little night music", 1787

Eine kleine Nachtmusik (Serenade No. 13 for strings in G major), K. 525, is a 1787 composition for a chamber ensemble by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791).

The German title means "a little night music" and is one of Mozart's most famous works.

The serenade is written for an ensemble of two violins, viola, cello, and double bass, but it is often performed by string orchestras.