Over the rattling of fenders, humming of tires and chattering of gears there was a charming melody of whispers and tiny giggles.

The lyric, Mercer remembers, was tailored to fit the unusual melody.

She had black eyes, long and intriguingly tilted, and the way she walked was melody.

Brahms wrote to Clara Schumann that the inspiration for the dramatic entry of the horn in the introduction to the last movement of his First Symphony was an alphorn melody he heard while vacationing in the Rigi area of Switzerland.

In 1992, he wrote the introduction melody for the European football championship, which was organised by Sweden that year.

The origin of the nickname appears to be a poem entitled “ The Pilgrims At Home ” written by Edwin Fitzwilliam that was sung at the 1907 home opener (“ Rory O ’ More ” melody ).

This taste for structural clarity worked its way into the world of music, moving away from the layered polyphony of the Baroque period, towards a style where a melody over a subordinate harmony — a combination called homophony — was preferred.

His next important breakthrough was in the Opus 33 string quartets ( 1781 ), where the melodic and the harmonic roles segue among the instruments: it is often momentarily unclear what is melody and what is harmony.

In the celebrations marking the return of democracy in March 1990 at Santiago's Estadio Nacional de Chile, the anthem was played in its present melody, raised to F Major ( the Royal Musical Official Version of the anthem ) which is the original melody of the second anthem by Carnicer, but using the 1847 lyrics as text, save for the original chorus.

Herbert chose in the books that followed to undermine Paul ’ s triumph with a string of failures and philosophical paradoxes ; Dune was a heroic melody, and Dune Messiah was its inversion.

Early epic poetry was also accompanied by music, and pitch changes associated with the accented Greek must have highlighted the melody, though the exact mechanism is still a topic of discussion.

On the other hand, during rehearsals, workmen in the theater stopped what they were doing during Va, pensiero and applauded at the conclusion of this haunting melody while the growth of the " identification of Verdi's music with Italian nationalist politics " is judged to have begun in the summer 1846 in relation to a chorus from Ernani in which the name of one of its characters, " Carlo ", was changed to " Pio ", a reference to Pope Pius IX's grant of an amnesty to political prisoners.

Another version of the story was that the group had gotten inspiration for writing the song after hearing The Orioles ' rock ' n ' roll version of Big Joe Williams ' hit, " Baby Please Don't Go ", taking its melody from the song.

It was usually written in 2 / 4 or 4 / 4 time with a predominant left hand pattern of bass notes on strong beats ( beats 1 and 3 ) and chords on weak beats ( beat 2 and 4 ) accompanying a syncopated melody in the right hand.

It was a slow and rhythmic samba music and had an emphasis on melody and generally easy acceptance.

This kind of samba was characterized by extensive compositions of melody and patriotic verses.

The judge ruled that any similarities in the melody were minor and " Titles " was a Vangelis original.

If the viola was given a melodic part, it was often duplicated ( or was in unison with ) the melody played by other strings.

Kandinsky was similarly influenced during this period by Richard Wagner's Lohengrin which, he felt, pushed the limits of music and melody beyond standard lyricism.

The melody was first written down in 1574.

The piccolo, prima, and secunda balalaikas were originally strung with gut with the thinnest melody string made of stainless steel.

For example, the tune ' Austria ' ( originally Haydn's ' Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser ') is associated today with the hymn ' Glorious things of thee are spoken ', just as ' New Britain ' an American folk melody, believed to be Scottish or Irish in origin ; has since the 1830s been associated with ' Amazing grace '.

An aria ( Italian for air ; plural: arie or arias in common usage ) in music was originally any expressive melody, usually, but not always, performed by a singer.

The pilot episode ( where it was originally called I'm Sorry, They're At It Again ) opened with Graeme Garden and Jo Kendall singing the words of " Three Blind Mice " to the tune of " Ol ' Man River " followed by Bill Oddie and Tim Brooke-Taylor performing the lyrics of " Sing a Song of Sixpence " to the melody of " These Foolish Things ".

It is uncertain who may have originally composed the melody, but it appears to be well known first as a French folk song called " Marlbrough s ' en va-t-en guerre " (" Marlborough has left for the war ") in the 18th century about John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough.

The melody was derived from a jingle by Cook and Greenaway originally called " True Love and Apple Pie ".

Ludwig van Beethoven's " Ode to Joy " melody is already the official anthem of the European Union ( in that case purely instrumental without lyrics ), the melody is widely recognized and easily performed, in the public domain, and originally composed for voice.

The seventh note was not part of the medieval hexachord and does not occur in this melody, and it was originally called " si " from " Sancte Ioannes ".

Also, the song " So Far Away " was originally written and recorded with the title " Dancing In Your Blood "; the song had the same basic structure, but different lyrics, more minimal instrumentation, and a slightly different melody.

Organum was originally improvised ; while one singer performed a notated melody ( the vox principalis ), another singer — singing " by ear "— provided the unnotated second melody ( the vox organalis ).

The song " La Chica Banda " has a hip-hop beat under a stream of Mexico City slang originally written by Jaime López, " María " is a ' bolero ' ballad about a street prostitute, " El Fin de la Infancia " a brass-heavy ' banda ranchera ' sound that reflects the influence of ' banda sinaloense ', " Desperté " has a tango-driven melody while " El Borrego " mocks speed metal.

Pilgrim's lyric sung to this melody, " He hath given me rest by his sorrow and life by his death ", was originally used by Vaughan Williams as an inscription on this movement ; while the contrasting agitated theme of the central section is taken from Pilgrim's lyric, " Save me!

The haunting introductory theme, originally contributed and played by David Cross, was taken over by the guitar, with Fripp making minor alterations to the melody.

While Steinman's fans acclaim it as his biggest musical success, about 70 % of the musical score written by Steinman was recycled from his earlier projects, mainly from his less-known shows like The Dream Engine and The Confidence Man ( co-written with Ray Errol Fox ), although it also features music from his widely known records like " Total Eclipse of the Heart " ( remade as " Totale Finsternis "), the melody, but not the lyric, from a Bat Out Of Hell II song called " Objects in the Rear View Mirror May Appear Closer Than They Are " ( remade as " Die unstillbare Gier ") and " Original Sin ", originally written for Pandora's Box album of the same name and later sung by " Meat Loaf " in Welcome to the Neighborhood ( parts of which were remade as " Gott Ist Tot " and " Einladung Zum Ball ").

" Up, Awake, Ye Defenders of Zion ", originally a militant hymn containing references to trials of LDS members in the central United States and the threatening United States government ( ironically set to the melody for “ Columbia, Gem of the Ocean ,” thus asserting the Saints ’ true patriotism, despite their alleged “ rebellion ”), became an anthem for LDS members during the difficulties preceding and during the Utah War of 1857 – 58.

The tune " Cradle Song " was written by William J. Kirkpatrick for the musical Around the World with Christmas ( 1895 ) and is an adaptation of the melody originally composed in 1837 by Jonathan E. Spilman to " Sweet Afton ".

But the melody is originally known as the anthem to St. Dominic " Gaude Mater Ecclesia ", having its roots in the Italian Dominicans.

Gerald Brenan attributes the melody to originally being an old Spanish ballad in his book South from Granada.

The best example of this is Giovanni Bottesini's Gran Duo Concertante, which was a double concerto originally written for two double basses, alternating the melody.

The song's melody originally appeared as part of the soundtrack for the 1980 film A Small Circle of Friends.

" Travel Hopefully " is a melody originally written as " Love Is Here " for the first ever Lloyd Webber / Rice project The Likes of Us.

The Latin version of the Ave Maria is now so frequently used with Schubert's melody that it has led to the misconception that he originally wrote the melody as a setting for the Ave Maria.