[Fiji Hill]

This beautiful concert piece is based upon the original version of taps and was composed by Italian composer Nino Rossi.

It's actually Nini Rosso. His recording of "Il Silenzio" was a smash hit in Western Europe in the late summer of 1965 and got airplay on pop music stations through the rest of the year. However, it was virtually unknown in the United States. After hearing it for the last time on a Spanish radio station in December, 1965, I would not hear it again until the 21st century, after the Internet came along.

The tune contains the spoken lines,

Buona notte, amore.
Ti vedrò nei miei sogni.
Buona notte a te che sei lontana

(Good night, my dear.
I'll see you in my dreams.
Good night to you who are so far away.)

You can hear it on the link below.

Il Silenzio--Nini Rosso (1965)

[virgil283]

good I hoped you saw this

[P.O.E.]

Beautiful, thanks

[PROCON]

Thanks for the insight Fiji!

[kiryandil]