La Paloma - Szedő Miklós
Miklos Szedo sings the hungarian version of the song "La Paloma".
"La Paloma" is a popular song, having been produced and reinterpreted in diverse cultures, settings, arrangements, and recordings over the last 140 years. The song was composed and written by the Spanish composer of the Basq region Sebastián Iradier (later Yradier) after he visited Cuba in 1861. Iradier may have composed "La Paloma" around 1863, just two years before he died in Spain in obscurity, never to learn how popular his song would become.
"La Paloma" quickly became popular in Mexico. It was a favorite of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico, and at the same time the Mexican revolutionaries played and popularized it as well. After Maximilian's execution, as he was a Habsburg from Austria, it was a tradition that ships of the Austrian Navy would never play the song.
German and French versions appeared in the 1860s. In 1899, a performance of the melody by the French Garde Républicaine was one of the first recordings that were made.
Miklos Szedo (born Budapest, June 8, 1898 - died Budapest August 19, 1978) was a Hungarian tenor and dermatologist.
A student of Krammer Teréz, Kovács Ferenc and Ábrányiné Wein Margit (famous soprano and mother of Hungarian composer, conductor, and opera director Emil Ábrányi). Studied in Wien.
Later joined the Hungarian State Opera and the City Theater (today Erkel Theater).After 1939 he performed regularly in Argentina, Chile and Brasil.
In 1948 he returned to Hungary and practised as dermatologist. He was a very popular singer in the early days of the Hungarian Radio and was also employed by His Master's Voice.
He sang many title roles including Rigoletto (Verdi); Alfredo (Verdi: Traviata); Tamino (Mozart: The Magic Flute)
He also performed in Volksoper, Wien. He also accompanied the Brodszky's Jazz Orchestra: • Hungarian Dance Band Brodszky (1929): A.B.C.D
Szedő Miklós (Bp., 1898. jún. 8.--Bp., 1978. aug. 19.): énekes (tenor). Krammer Teréz, Kovács Ferenc és ifj. Ábrányiné növendéke volt, majd Bécsben folytatott énektanulmányokat. 1926--27-ben az Operaház ösztöndíjasa.
Egy évadot énekelt az Operaházban, majd 1939-ig a Városi Színház tagja volt.
Ezután Dél-Amerikába emigrált. Brazíliában, Argentínában és Chilében egy olasz társulattal lépett fel. 1948-ban visszatért Mo.-ra és a továbbiakban orvosi hivatását gyakorolta. Dalénekesként és operettbonvivánként is jelentos volt.
A Magyar Rádió és a His Master's Voice hanglemeztársaság szólistájaként jelentos sikereket aratott. Pályafutása során mintegy 50 vezeto szerepet énekelt, elsosorban a lírai tenor szerepkörben. 1932-ben a bécsi Népoperában (Volksoper) vendégszerepelt. F.Sz. Rigoletto (Verdi); Alfred (Verdi: Traviata); Tamino (Mozart: A varázsfuvola).