Ian (@sirsnapalot)
Jun 21st 2020, 3:22 am
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"I'll Walk with God" is a popular song written for the motion picture The Student Prince with music by Nicholas Brodzsky and lyrics by Paul Francis Webster published in 1954. The film's title character, who was played by actor Edmund Purdom with singing dubbed by tenor Mario Lanza, sings this song at the coffin of his grandfather, the king of Karlsburg. The song was released on The Student Prince soundtrack album issued by RCA Victor

Mario Lanza re-recorded the song in stereo in 1959.

The song has also been performed or recorded by other tenors including Placido Domingo, Harry Secombe and Michael Crawford.

It also remains popular as a substitute for hymn-tunes in many brass band concert programmes worldwide, in the arrangement by Goff Richards.

The Student Prince is an operetta in four acts with music by Sigmund Romberg and book and lyrics by Dorothy Donnelly. It is based on Wilhelm Meyer-Förster's play Old Heidelberg. The piece has elements of melodrama but lacks the swashbuckling style common to Romberg's other works. The plot is mostly faithful to its source.

It opened on December 2, 1924, at Jolson's 59th Street Theatre on Broadway. The show was the most successful of Romberg's works, running for 608 performances, the longest-running Broadway show of the 1920s. It was staged by J. C. Huffman. Even the classic Show Boat, the most enduring musical of the 1920s, did not play as long – it ran for 572 performances "Drinking Song", with its rousing chorus of "Drink! Drink! Drink!" was especially popular with theatergoers in 1924, as the United States was in the midst of Prohibition. The operetta contains the challenging tenor aria "The Serenade" ("Overhead the moon is beaming").

Ernst Lubitsch made a silent film also based on Förster's work, titled The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg, starring Ramón Novarro and Norma Shearer. Its orchestral score did not use any of Romberg's score, although it did include Gaudeamus Igitur. The operetta was revived twice on Broadway – once in 1931 and again in 1943. Mario Lanza's performance on the soundtrack of the 1954 MGM film The Student Prince, renewed the popularity of many of the songs. Composer Nicholas Brodszky and lyricist Paul Francis Webster wrote three new songs for the film. Two of these songs – "I'll Walk with God" and "Beloved", as well as "Serenade" – became closely associated with Lanza, although the role was played on screen by British actor Edmund Purdom, who mimed to Lanza's recordings. The operetta was revived in the 1970s and 1980s by the Light Opera of Manhattan and in 1988 by New York City Opera.The operetta was performed each summer at the Heidelberg Castle Festival for several decades beginning in 1974.
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Bev: @sirsnapalot Wonderful message and spoken word performance here Ian. Loved my listen this morning. ♥♫
Jun 21st 2020, 3:56 am Report
admin: @sirsnapalot Love this and I'd also like to say Happy fathers day to him and to you. Wonderful Ian. Loved and enjoyed my listen ♥
Jun 21st 2020, 4:50 am Report
Gail Varnado: @sirsnapalot Wonderful sing and message this morning..thank you Ian
Jun 21st 2020, 5:04 am Report
John Jenson: SierraJohn Great Sunday morning sing Ian.
Jun 21st 2020, 8:13 am Report
James Fronck: @sirsnapalot Love this and so appropriate for today and everyday. Brilliant sing.
Jun 21st 2020, 9:27 am Report
Jay Dotson: jay455Beautiful wonderful song much enjoyed my listen always a fabulous performance
Jun 21st 2020, 11:00 am Report
Ian: @bevb Many thanks for the time you give to listen
Jun 22nd 2020, 4:56 am Report
Ian: @admin Thank you for the fathers day wish and thank you for listening
Jun 22nd 2020, 4:57 am Report
Ian: @abbygail25 so very pleased you enjoyed this thank you
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Ian: @elvisfan so very pleased that you enjoyed this
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Ian: @jay455 most grateful for you for the kind comment and for listening
Jun 22nd 2020, 5:00 am Report