A Salute to the Golden Age of American Popular Music

We salute the music from Broadway, Hollywood, New Orleans, Tin Pan Alley and the "melody makers;" i.e. the bands and singers that brought the music to us via the radio, recordings and live events in the period from the 1920's to the 1960's. This is the golden period of Gershwin, Cole Porter, Irving Berlin, Jerome Kern, Richard Rodgers, Larry Hart, Oscar Hammerstein, Johnny Mercer, Hoagy Carmichael, Jimmy Van Heusen, Harold Arlen, Harry Warren, etc.

Wednesday, May 19, 2010

What does 'Perfidia' mean?

Q. Ok, I love the Glenn Miller version of 'Perfidia', but who wrote it and what does it mean?

A.'Perfidia' is Spanish for "perfidy", as in faithless, treacherous or false. The song was written by Alberto Domínguez (1911–1975), a Mexican composer and arranger.
The song is all about love and betrayal. Aside from the original Spanish, other renditions exist, including English and instrumental versions.
The English lyrics are by Milton Leeds. The song was published in 1939. Listen to Glenn Miller's version in our previous article.
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