Classical guitar solo. Artist: Sal Bonavita. Playing time: 1. 28. Composer: Joseph Kosma. Arrangement: David Boddington. "Autumn Leaves" is a much-recorded popular song. Originally a 1945 French song "Les feuilles mortes" (literally "The Dead Leaves") with music by Joseph Kosma and lyrics by poet Jacques PrГ©vert. The English lyrics were written in 1949 by the American songwriter Johnny Mercer. It has become a pop standard and a jazz standard in both languages, and as an instrumental. The song was covered by Nat King Cole in the closing titles of the 1956 film of the same name. Joseph Kosma (1905 - 1969). Joseph Kosma was born in Budapest. He took an interest in music at a very young age, writing an opera called "Noel dans les TranchГ©es" as a teenager. One of his greatest loves in Budapest was the music of Bela Bartok. Pumpkin spice and chunky scarf lovers, rejoice: fall is on its way. And if you’re planning a trip to see the leaves change, you no longer have to rely on the luck. Your Facebook News Feed is about to change, yet again, and it’s because the social media giant wants you to be better informed. X 나눔글꼴 설치 안내 이 pc에는 나눔글꼴이 설치되어 있지 않습니다. 이 사이트를 나눔글꼴로 보기 위해서는. ![]() Finding the political atmosphere to be more and more oppressive in Budapest, Kosma moved to Berlin where he joined Bertolt Brecht's traveling theater troupe (Kosma was a friend of a friend of Brecht's wife). Once fascism was clearly on the rise in Berlin, Kosma headed for Paris, without knowing a word of French. In Paris, Kosma eventually met Jacques PrГ©vert. The pair went on to create around 80 songs, with Kosma setting PrГ©vert's poems to music (and in a few instances, the other way around). PrГ©vert introduced Kosma to Renoir (PrГ©vert had written Crime de Monsieur Lange, Le (1936)), and one of Kosma's songs ended up in the film. Next, Kosma wrote the score for _Une partie de campagne (1936)_ ), which was not released until after the Second World War. Kosma then met Marcel CarnГ© through PrГ©vert. Kosma went on to work for CarnГ© through the Occupation - while hiding in the South of France, because he was a Jew. While in hiding, Kosma ended up writing uncredited scores for Visiteurs du soir, Les (1942)) and Enfants du paradis, Les (1945))- though Kosma actually ended up with his name in the credits for this latter film, because the fall of the Nazis was imminent as the film was nearing completion. Kosma is perhaps most famous for his song "Feuilles Mortes" (" Autumn Leaves "), which has been covered by many jazz musicians in many different countries. The piece was originally written for an opera called "Le Rendez-vous", which PrГ©vert and Kosma then convinced CarnГ© to turn into a film. The film changed its name to Portes de la nuit, Les (1946), after a PrГ©vert lyric from another song, to avoid confusion with another film that had recently been released. The film was the most costly film to date in the French film industry (Les Enfants du Paradis had been before this), but failed at the box office, though critics praised the music. In the postwar years, Kosma wrote numerous notable scores, particularly the score for the haunting and disturbing film, Sang des bГЄtes, Le (1949). Kosma continued to work on film scores until his death, though in his last years he focused on his first love, music for theater, composing the operas "Les Hussards" and "Les Canuts". The Kosma/CarnГ©/PrГ©vert team gradually drifted apart, and Kosma remarks in his journals that his two old friends did not come to one of his opera premieres. Kosma continued to work for Renoir until the very end, however, composing the music for later works. The arrangement is by David Boddington, an Australian classical guitarist I met through my guitar teacher Jason Waldron. David wrote many such arrangements of popular songs which he made freely available to teachers and students he was associated with.
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