{"id":2929,"date":"2011-04-17T16:37:14","date_gmt":"2011-04-17T14:37:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mandoisland.com\/?p=2929"},"modified":"2018-10-26T11:19:44","modified_gmt":"2018-10-26T09:19:44","slug":"la-serenade-valse-espagnole-a-famous-spanish-waltz-by-olivier-metra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mandoisland.com\/?p=2929","title":{"rendered":"La Serenade &#8211; Valse Espagnole &#8211; A Famous Spanish Waltz by Olivier Metra"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Olivier Metra<\/strong> has composed some famous and often played pieces. <strong>La Serenade<\/strong> &#8211; a Spanish Waltz &#8211;\u00a0 is one\u00a0 of his big successes<\/p>\n<p>I had previously heard the name Metra because some of his compositions are played by mandolin orchestras. But I haqve never played or really recognized one of Metras compositions.<\/p>\n<p>But some time ago I could by a pack of sheet music that had belonged to a mandolin orchestra, and in this pack I found the music for La Serenade &#8211; Valse Espagnole by Olivier Metra. Metra died in 1889, and so the copyright for his compositions has expired.<\/p>\n<p>So I have decided to add a scan of the music for La Serenade by Olivier Metra for mandolin orchestra (mandolin 1 and 2, mandola, guitar) to my page with free sheet music for the mandolin.<\/p>\n<p>La Serenade is a composition that is very well suited for mandolin and guitar or mandolin orchestra, and I am sure that the audience will like La Serenade if it is played well.<\/p>\n<p>I have found some videos of La Serenade at youtube. My favorite version is this video with Ralf Leen (mandolin) and Yvonne Azaert (guitar)<\/p>\n<h4 id=\"watch-headline-title\">METRA &#8211; S\u00e9r\u00e9nade Espagnole &#8211; Ralf Leenen &amp; Yvonne Azaert<\/h4>\n<blockquote><p>S\u00e9r\u00e9nade Espagnole &#8211; (Olivier METRA)<br \/>\nlive performance &#8211; 4th July 2010 &#8220;Les Petits Concerts du Sablon&#8221; : www.jacobnorden.be<br \/>\nRalf Leenen, mandolin (Embergher N\u00b07-1900 ex-Ranieri)<br \/>\nYvonne Azaert, guitar (Ramirez III &#8211; 1976)<br \/>\nwww.mandolin.be<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"ast-oembed-container \" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"METRA - S\u00e9r\u00e9nade Espagnole - Ralf Leenen &amp; Yvonne Azaert\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/im8RaJHmHpQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Another interesting video is the following version played by the Victor Orchestra played from an old 78 record. I do especially like the Spanish snappers that are used to create the typical Spanish mood in this performance:<\/p>\n<h4>Waltz by Olivier Metra<\/h4>\n<blockquote><p>Victor orchestra conduced by A. Cibelli<br \/>\nRCA Victor<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"ast-oembed-container \" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"La serenade\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zaeKWC1CEek?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h4>Playlist Olivier Metra &#8211; La Serenade<\/h4>\n<p>With recordings with mandolin and guitar, mandolin orchestra, accordeon and others:<\/p>\n<div class=\"ast-oembed-container \" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Mandoline - Serenade Espagnole, Metra\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/videoseries?list=PL2245A7F43CCBCBB2\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h4>Additional Information<\/h4>\n<p>Wikipedia about Olivier Metra (German): <a href=\"http:\/\/de.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Olivier_M%C3%A9tra\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/de.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Olivier_M%C3%A9tra<\/a><\/p>\n<p>NAXOS biography of Olivier Metra: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.naxos.com\/person\/Olivier_Metra\/24629.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.naxos.com\/person\/Olivier_Metra\/24629.htm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Free sheet music for mandolin, mandolin orchestra, guitar, including La Serenade for mandolin orchestra by Olivier Metra: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mandoisland.de\/eng_kostenlose_noten.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.mandoisland.de\/eng_kostenlose_noten.html<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>CD recommendation (Amazon partnerlink)<\/p>\n<h4>Mandolino e violino in Italia &#8211; Anna Torge<\/h4>\n<p><iframe style=\"width: 120px; height: 240px;\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;OneJS=1&amp;Operation=GetAdHtml&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;source=ss&amp;ref=as_ss_li_til&amp;ad_type=product_link&amp;tracking_id=mandoisland00-20&amp;language=en_US&amp;marketplace=amazon&amp;region=US&amp;placement=B07DK113QV&amp;asins=B07DK113QV&amp;linkId=570ff44d17f4af2139e2abd4d9063137&amp;show_border=true&amp;link_opens_in_new_window=true\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Olivier Metra has composed some famous and often played pieces. La Serenade &#8211; a Spanish Waltz &#8211;\u00a0 is one\u00a0 of his big successes I had previously heard the name Metra because some of his compositions are played by mandolin orchestras. But I haqve never played or really recognized one of Metras compositions. But some time 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