And This Is My Beloved

"And This Is My Beloved" is a popular song.

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Popular - Song

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It was from the 1953 musical Kismet and is credited to Robert Wright and George Forrest. Like all the music in that show, the melody was in fact based on music composed by Alexander Borodin, in this case, Borodin's String Quartet in D.

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1953 - Musical - Kismet - Robert Wright - George Forrest - Alexander Borodin

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The same melody had earlier (approximately the 1930s) been used for a song entitled "Spring Magic."

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A version by Mario Lanza became popular in 1956.

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Mario Lanza - 1956

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