Love Is Here To Stay (arr. Steve Cohen) by Ira Gershwin Sheet Music for String Quartet at Sheet Music Direct

Product Details

Title Love Is Here To Stay (arr. Steve Cohen)

Artist Ira Gershwin

Score Type

PDF, Included with PASS

Composer George Gershwin Ira Gershwin

Arranger Steve Cohen

Format Digital Sheet Music

Pages 14

Arrangement String Quartet

Publisher Steve Cohen Music

Level 4

Product ID 1761860

Genre Jazz Broadway Musical/Show 20th Century

Instruments Cello Viola Violin

Performance Group String Quartet

Product Description

"Love Is Here to Stay" was the last musical composition George Gershwin completed before his death on July 11, 1937. Ira Gershwin wrote the lyrics after George's death as a tribute to his brother. Although George had not written a verse for the song, he did have an idea for it that both Ira and pianist Oscar Levant had heard before his death. When a verse was needed, Ira and Levant recalled what George had in mind. Composer Vernon Duke reconstructed the music for the verse at the beginning of the song.[2][8] Originally titled "It's Here to Stay" and then "Our Love Is Here to Stay," the song was finally published as "Love Is Here to Stay." Ira Gershwin said that for years he wanted to change the song's name back to "Our Love Is Here to Stay," but he felt it wouldn't be right since the song had already become a standard.

Steve Cohen's string quartet includes the verse, and features a cello solo halfway through.

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