Product Description
STARDUST is a melody
written by Hoagy Carmichael in 1927. The lyrics, describing
nostalgic memories of young love under a star-filled evening sky,
were added by Mitchell Parish in 1929.
Since its first
recording in 1927, STARDUST has been covered by many artists
including Nat King Cole, Django Reinhardt, Glenn Miller &
His Orchestra, Benny Goodman, Bing Crosby, Louis Armstrong, Ella
Fitzgerald, Dave Brubeck and Paul Desmond, Etta Jones, John Coltrane,
and Frank Sinatra. It has been recorded and performed by Willie
Nelson, Natalie Cole, Rod Stewart, Harry Connick Jnr, and Michael
Bublé. Nat
King Coles version featured in the 1993 movie Sleepless in
Seattle.
In
2004, Hoagy Carmichael's recording from 1927 was one of
fifty recordings chosen
by the US Library of
Congress to be added to
the National Recording
Registry.
This
arrangement for String Quartet emulates the romantic yearnings of
1950s orchestral arrangements; bittersweet harmonies and tender
cadences. It consists of a score (7 pages), and individual parts
(each 2 pages). The key is F major. Duration
is approximately 500
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