Thursday, March 21, 2013

A Rose Will Bloom (picture / video)


Some of you are getting a little worn down by the snow but the Spring will come and a rose will bloom.  Die Frühling kommt und eine Rose wird blühen!


Herewith, "What is a Youth" (often incorrectly called "A Rose Will Bloom")




The video is not a bunch of stills but is the actual footage from "Romeo and Juliet" and if it doesn't make you cry then, caution, you may not have tear ducts!  This is one of the most exquisitely-beautiful love scenes ever set to film or print and with music and lyrics that sing the joy of first love perhaps more beautifully than it has ever been sung before.

"What is a Youth" lyrics by Eugene Walter.  Music by Nina Rota and sung by him as well.  It was later modified to become "A Time for Us" but rejecting the original lyrics makes little sense given that the music is identical.

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