A Simple Habana Melody from When the World Was Good
- List Price: $34.95
- Binding: Audio Cassette
- Publisher: Harperaudio
- Publish date: 05/01/2002
Arriving back in Habana, Levis's mind is reeling with beautiful memories of his life before the war, a life of pleasure and excitement that he owes, in part, to an unrequited, nearly "chivalrous" romance with a certain Rita Valladares, a singer for whom Levis had written his most famous song, "Rosas Puras" or "Pretty Roses." This 1928 composition becomes the most famous rumba in the world; and it is the song, symbolic of the composer's love for Rita Valladares, that sets Levis' life in Europe in motion.
This is a love story -- for art, family and country -- as well as a portrait of Habana at the turn of the last century, when "the world was good." "A Simple Habana Melody is a virtuoso performance from one of our most important writers.Performed by Jimmy Smits
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