JALOUSIE - BELLY TANGO - TZIGANE

Steven Wagner - Stevan Vagner, Podrum COLLEGIUM MELODIUM, World music museum in Belgrade, MILENA ADAMOVIC / FLIRT / and ALEKSANDRA GRUDEN / NEDJMA /,present EVERGEEN hit Jalousie 'Tango Tzigane', a composition by the Danish composer Jacob Gade. It was written in 1925 and soon became popular around the world. Vera Bloom wrote English lyrics to it, entitled "Jealousy". Frankie Laine with Paul Weston & his Orchestra, Carl Fischer: Piano, recorded the song. It was released on a single by Columbia Records in 1951. Jacob Thune Hansen Gade (Vejle, Denmark, November 29, 1879 – February 20, 1963, Assens) was a Danish violinist and composer, mostly of orchestral popular music.

Today he is remembered for a single tune, the familiar Jalousie 'Tango Tzigane', also known as Tango Jalousie, or simply Jalousie, premiered September 14, 1925. The tango, written to accompany a silent film when Gade was leader of the orchestra of the Palads Cinema, was an instant international hit. When talkies were introduced it was featured in over 100 films. The royalties allowed Gade to devote himself to composition full-time for the rest of his life. Arthur Fiedler made the first recording of the piece with the Boston Pops, further increasing Gade's income. The royalties now fund a foundation for young musicians.