Theme from A Summer Place versions, and has also appeared in a number of subsequent films and television programs. The best-known cover version of the theme is an instrumental version by Percy Faith and his orchestra that was a Number One hit for nine weeks on the "Billboard" Hot 100 chart in 1960. Percy Faith recorded the most popular version of the theme, an instrumental orchestral arrangement, at the Columbia 30th Street Studio in New York City. It was released in September 1959 as a single on Columbia Records, credited to "Percy Faith and his Orchestra," prior to the November 1959 release of the film
Waltz in A-flat major, Op. 69, No. 1 (Chopin) second rendition of the first theme is a third theme, marked as "dolce", the most playful theme. It leads to another theme with a series of ascending double-stops. This fourth theme is marked "poco a poco crescendo", with other editions adding "ed appassionato". This leads back to the third, playful theme, and returns to the beginning with a "da capo al fin". Waltz in A-flat major, Op. 69, No. 1 (Chopin) Waltz in A-flat major, Op. 69, No. 1, is a waltz composed by Frédéric Chopin. It is also called "The Farewell Waltz" or "Valse de l'adieu". The waltz was