Re: [Harp-L] Autumn Leaves (Les Feuilles Morte)

[Winslow Yerxa <winslowyerxa@xxxxxxxxx>]

Well, having gone home and dug out the sheet music, I discover that the
overblow would be required after all to play it in fourth position the
way it's written.

It's interesting, though, that two of the greatest interpreters of the
French chanson saw fit to do something else. If you're the sole player
of the melody, you can honor this detail or not. If playing it with
others, an understanding is best developed.

Winslow

--- Robert Coble <robertpcoble@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Why not get the original sheet music for "The Dead Leaves" and learn
> to
> play it "correctly"? Or, if the desired arrangement was played by 
> another
> artist, get the sheet music for that arrangement.
> 
> Wikipedia indicates several popular arrangements:
> 
> 1945 - Les Feuilles Morte, music  by Joseph Kosma, French lyrics by 
> Jacques Prevert
> 1946 - Les Feuilles Morte, sung by Yves Montand in the movie "Les 
> Portes de la Nuit"
> 1949 - English lyrics by Johnny Mercer
> 1955 - Autumn Leaves, #1 hit (instrumental) by Roger Williams
> 1956 - Sung by Nat King Cole in the movie "Autumn Leaves"
> 1965 - Autumn Leaves, chorus added; another hit for Roger Williams
> 
> There are probably enough covers of the song to make just about any 
> version "correct,"
> IFF "correct" means duplicating that particular arrangement. Another 
> way to approach it
> is to play it the way YOU think it SHOULD be - Voila! You then have 
> your own
> arrangement.
> 
> Yeah, I know, I've missed the entire point, which is to stir up 
> discussion on Harp-L.
> 
> C'est la vie!
> Aberrant Bob
> 
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