Adelia

Adelia is a contradanse (habanera) song written by popular composer Ambroos (A.S.) Bergara in 1899. It became notable for being the first Brunanter song ever released and recorded. Adelia was one of the first < > songs to be sold in sheet form and first to be recorded in Brunant and released by the Grand Prijs label.

First recording and history
Adelia was first recorded in 1912 by Grand Prijs, Brunant's first record label, and played by Daniel Reger and Orchestra, the house band hired by the label. This would make him the first popular musician in Brunant.

Interestingly, the status of Adelia as the first recorded song was never disputed, rather that of the second, either "Het Probleem" by the Gert Caris Orchestra or "Lieveling" by Reger en Orch., both contradances.

A copy of Adelia was bought by the National Library of Brunant in the 1950s and was transferred to tape, allowing the compilation for the album The Songs of Bergara in 1957, owing to its rarity. The song was digitized from the 1950s tape recording in 1997, with a second digitization from the original record in 2005.

Other recordings
In 1926 Adelia was recorded by Miquel Serra-Grana as a "Fandango-Jitano", a popular recording in its period.