Piano - intermediate
SKU:
BT.WA-4095-401
Composed by Edward Elgar.
Arranged by Thomas A.
Johnson. The Walsh
Collection. Educational
Tool. Book Only. 4 pages.
The Walsh Collection #WA
4095-401. Published by
The Walsh Collection
(BT.WA-4095-401).
English.
Sir
Edward Elgar was born in
Worcester in 1857. Until
the outstanding success
of the 'Enigma'
Variations in 1899, he
was considered a
'provincial' composer -
and a largely self taught
one at that.In the
earlier part of Elgar's
career as a composer, he
wrote several short
pieces which became very
popular indeed. Chanson
de nuit is one such, the
second of a pair (Chanson
de Matin the other
being), which carried his
name far and wide before
his larger orchestra
works appeared. It was
published in several
versions at once: for
string orchestra, for
small orchestra, for
violin and piano and so
on - so it is almost
impossible to say, with
any degree of certainty,
which was theoriginal
version. This arrangement
makes a useful addition
to the repertoire for
piano.
