Product Description
Lullaby was originally
conceived in 1919 as a string quartet by the then 21 year old student composer,
George Gershwin. Georges brother, Ira,
remembers early performances by friends being invariably welcomed whenever it
was played but after a few months the manuscript was stored away, not to see
the light of day for four decades. In
1962 Ira showed the score to harmonica virtuoso, Larry Adler, who then set
about producing a transcription for harmonica and string quartet. It was premiered at the Edinburgh Festival in
1963, where the work was warmly received.
Lullaby was not publicly
performed in its original form until 1967 when it was played by the Juilliard
String Quartet in a widely broadcast concert held at Washingtons Library of
Congress. The quartet released a
recording of the piece in 1974 since when Lullaby has enjoyed enduring
popularity.
Being a lullaby this is gentle,
lyrical, muted music. Ira rather
fittingly summed it up saying, "It may not be the Gershwin of Rhapsody in Blue
and Concerto in F but I find it charming and kind"..
PDF includes the full score and five
separate parts.
Duration: 2'30"
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