Lullaby (for String Quartet) by George Gershwin - Woodwind Quintet - Digital Sheet Music

Details

Instruments: Cello; Viola; Violin; Bassoon; Clarinet; Flute; Oboe
Ensembles: Woodwind Quintet; Woodwind Ensemble
Genres: 20th Century; Standards; Contemporary
Composers: George Gershwin
Series: ArrangeMe
ArrangeMe: Portus Press
Formats: Score and Parts
Item Types: Digital
Levels: Intermediate
Usages: School and Community

Description

Woodwind Ensemble,Woodwind Quintet Bassoon,Clarinet,Flute,Horn,Oboe - Level 3 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.946985

Composed by George (Dp) Gershwin and George Gershwin. Arranged by Lisa Portus. Classical,Contemporary,Jazz. 23 pages. Portus Press #6712463. Published by Portus Press (A0.946985).

Lullaby was originally conceived in 1919 as a string quartet by the then 21 year old student composer, George Gershwin. George’s 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 Washington’s 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"

This product was created by a member of ArrangeMe, Hal Leonard’s global self-publishing community of independent composers, arrangers, and songwriters. ArrangeMe allows for the publication of unique arrangements of both popular titles and original compositions from a wide variety of voices and backgrounds.

About Digital Downloads

Digital Downloads are downloadable sheet music files that can be viewed directly on your computer, tablet or mobile device. Once you download your digital sheet music, you can view and print it at home, school, or anywhere you want to make music, and you don’t have to be connected to the internet. Just purchase, download and play!

PLEASE NOTE: Your Digital Download will have a watermark at the bottom of each page that will include your name, purchase date and number of copies purchased. You are only authorized to print the number of copies that you have purchased. You may not digitally distribute or print more copies than purchased for use (i.e., you may not print or digitally distribute individual copies to friends or students).