LA PALOMA – LONGING WOLRDWIDE

A journey on the wings of La Paloma, the most frequently played song in the world (La Paloma is Spanish for dove). 2000 versions are known. Some say, there are infinitely more. In Zanzibar it is played at the end of a wedding, in Romania it is performed at the end of a funeral. In Mexico it was the favourite song of the tragic Emperor Maximilian. Legend has it that as a last wish he requested La Paloma to be played, before he was executed. In Auschwitz, Coco Schumann, the German master of swing, was forced to perform the song at the ramp to the gas chambers.