The waltz "Sobre las olas" ("Over the Waves") is the best-known work of Mexican composer Juventino Rosas (1868–1894), who first published it in 1888.[1] It "remains one of the most famous Latin American pieces worldwide", according to the "Latin America" article in The Oxford Companion to Music.[2] It remains popular as a classic waltz, and has also found its way into New Orleans Jazz and Tejano music.[1]
- ^ a b Helmut Brenner (2000) "Juventino Rosas: His Life, His Work, His Time", Detroit Monographs in Musicology/Studies in Music, vol. 32, J. Bunker Clark, ed., Harmonie Park Press, Warren, Michigan.
- ^ The Oxford Companion to Music (1 rev ed.) (2012) ISBN 9780199579037