Il Silenzio (song)

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"Il Silenzio"
("The Silence")

German Single Cover
Written by Nini Rosso
Written 1965
Original artist Nini Rosso
Music of Italy
Genres: Classical: Opera
Pop: Rock (Hardcore) - Hip hop - Folk - jazz - Progressive rock
History and Timeline
Awards Italian Music Awards
Charts Federation of the Italian Music Industry
Festivals Sanremo Festival - Umbria Jazz Festival - Ravello Festival - Festival dei Due Mondi - Festivalbar
Media Music media in Italy
National anthem Il Canto degli Italiani
Regional scenes
Aosta Valley - Abruzzo - Basilicata - Calabria - Campania - Emilia-Romagna - Florence - Friuli-Venezia Giulia - Genoa - Latium - Liguria - Lombardy - Marche - Milan - Molise - Naples - Piedmont - Puglia - Rome - Sardinia - Sicily - Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol - Tuscany - Umbria - Veneto - Venice
Related topics
Opera houses - Music conservatories - Terminology

Il Silenzio is an Italian song most notable for its trumpet tune. It was written in 1965 by trumpet player Nini Rosso and Guglielmo Brezza[1] and became a world wide instrumental standard which has sold more than 10 million copies.[citation needed] It became a number one hit in Germany, Austria, Italy and in Switzerland in 1965. [2]

[edit] Cover versions

Famous cover versions are by Dalida who performed this song in French and German, by Eddie Calvert and by Roy Black.

[edit] Notes and references

  1. ^ Joseph Murrells: The Book of Golden Discs. Barrie & Jenkins, 1978. ISBN 0214204804. p 196
  2. ^ Joseph Murrells: The Book of Golden Discs. Barrie & Jenkins, 1978. ISBN 0214204804. p 195