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''Il Silenzio'' (''The Silence'') is an instrumental piece, with a small spoken Italian lyric, notable for its trumpet theme. It was written in 1965 (see "Origin" below) by trumpet player Nini Rosso and Guglielmo Brezza,〔Joseph Murrells ''The Book of Golden Discs'', Barrie & Jenkins, 1978. ISBN 0-214-20480-4. p 196〕 its thematic melody being an extension of the same Italian Cavalry bugle call used by the Russian composer Tchaikovsky to open his Capriccio Italien (often mistaken for the U.S. military bugle call "Taps".) It has become a worldwide instrumental standard that has sold around 10 million copies.〔Gino Castaldo (editor), ''Il Dizionario della canzone italiana'', 2 vols. Armando Curcio, 1990.〕 It was a number one hit in Italy, Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, and sold over five million copies by the end of 1967. Rosso was awarded a gold disc. On 9 January 1965 it reached the Number 1 position in Australia and stayed in the charts for 19 weeks, and in the United Kingdom it peaked at number 8 on the Record Retailer singles chart. In the United States it reached #32 in the Billboard Easy Listening Charts. ==Spoken lyrics== Il Silenzio contains the following spoken lines: :''Buona notte, amore'' :''Ti vedrò nei miei sogni'' :''Buona notte a te che sei lontano.'' :Good night, love :I'll see you in my dreams :Good night to you who are far away. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Il Silenzio (song)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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