Il Silenzio (song)
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| Song by Nini Rosso | |
| English title | The Silence |
| Written | 1965 |
| Writer(s) | Nini Rosso |
| Music of Italy | |
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| Music media | Music media in Italy |
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| National anthem | "Il Canto degli Italiani" |
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Il Silenzio (The Silence) is an instrumental piece, with a small spoken Italian lyric, notable for its trumpet theme. It was written in 1965 (see "Origin" below) by trumpet player Nini Rosso and Guglielmo Brezza, its thematic melody being an extension of the same Italian Cavalry bugle call used by the Russian composer Tchaikovsky to open his Capriccio Italien (often mistaken for the U.S. military bugle call "Taps"). It has become a worldwide instrumental standard that has sold around 10 million copies. It was a number one hit in Italy, Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, and sold over five million copies by the end of 1967. Rosso was awarded a gold disc. On 9 January 1965 it reached the Number 1 position in Australia and stayed in the charts for 19 weeks, and in the United Kingdom it peaked at number 8 on the Record Retailer singles chart. In the United States it reached #32 in the Billboard Easy Listening Charts.
Il Silenzio contains the following spoken lines:
"Il Silenzio" is a memorial piece commissioned by the Dutch and first played in 1965 on the 20th anniversary of the liberation of the Netherlands.
The song is the official club hymn of the Slovakian football club FC Spartak Trnava. It is played before every home match.
Part of the song is also used in all the Italian barracks, to signal the end of the day.
Famous cover versions are by Dalida (who performed this song in French, Italian and German), Eddie Calvert, Roy Black, Paul Mauriat, Marijan Domić, and Melissa Venema.
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