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Cello 3 part of "Amapola" for Cello Quartet (four Cellos) and optional drum, intermediate level. Duration 3.00 min (+-). Score & Parts available in series. Scan Qr-code (in cover) for audio demo or visit www.glissato.it product code: EG1052. "Amapola" is a 1920 song by Spanish American composer José María Lacalle García (later Joseph Lacalle), who also wrote the original lyrics in Spanish. Alternative Spanish lyrics were written by Argentine lyricist Luis Roldán in 1924. French lyrics were written by Louis Sauvat and Robert Champfleury. After the death of Lacalle in 1937, English language lyrics were written by Albert Gamse. In the 1930s, the song became a standard of the rhumba repertoire, later crossing over into pop music charts. An orchestral version of "Amapola" directed by Ennio Morricone served as a leitmotif in the 1984 gangster film Once Upon a Time in America.