Piano Solo - Level 3 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1502421

Composed by Chris DeBurgh. Arranged by Justin K. Reeve. Christmas,Holiday,New Age. Score. 7 pages. Justin Kenlon Reeve #1078226. Published by Justin Kenlon Reeve (A0.1502421).

Written by Chris de Burgh in 1975, “A Spaceman Came Travelling” topped the Irish charts a year after it was released. But it wasn’t until 1986 with De Burgh’s success of “The Lady in Red” that the UK took notice and it reached the top charts there, too.

The idea for the song came to de Burgh when he had just signed his first recording contract, and he read Chariots of the Gods? by Erich von Däniken. The book made him think “what if the star of Bethlehem was a space craft and what if there is a benevolent being or entity in the universe keeping an eye on the world and our foolish things that we do to each other?” De Burgh also drew inspiration from William Butler Yeats’ poem “The Second Coming,” and in the song he tells a story of the birth of Christ being a recurring 2000-year event heralded by an intergalactic visitor.

Piano Solo - Level 2 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.942969

Composed by Traditional. Arranged by Jan-Frerk Jelend. Celtic,Contemporary,Folk,World. Score. 1 pages. Jan-Frerk Jelend #3916991. Published by Jan-Frerk Jelend (A0.942969).

ABOUT THE PIECE

This is a piano arrangement of the beautiful Irish ballad It was down by the Sally Gardens with lyrics by the famous poet William Butler Yeats. The song speaks about broken love and lost youth.

My piano arrangement uses simple popular harmonies to let enough room to the beautiful Irish tune. The piece is rather easy to play (level 2-3), but develops a nice sound, and is really fun to learn and perform!

If you want to contact me, send me an email to jf.jelend(AT)web.de

Piano Solo - Level 3 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1227702

Composed by Joseph Lim Yong Meng. Contemporary,New Age. Score. 4 pages. Joseph Lim Yong Meng #823661. Published by Joseph Lim Yong Meng (A0.1227702).

Composed in Autumn April 1995, in Parkville, Mebourne Australia.

Inspired by the poem When You Are Old written by William Butler Yeats, together with the presence of my piano coursemate Elaine Lim.

When You Are Old 
When you are old and grey and full of sleep,
And nodding by the fire, take down this book,
And slowly read, and dream of the soft look,
Your eyes had once, and of their shadows deep;

How many loved your moments of glad grace,
And loved your beauty with love false or true,
But one man loved the pilgrim soul in you,
And loved the sorrows of your changing face;

And bending down beside the glowing bars,
Murmur, a little sadly, how Love fled
And paced upon the mountains overhead
And hid his face amid a crowd of stars.

This composition was written in 1995 but this poem had inspired me to think about what would be there for me when I am old?
With the time and year slipping through my fingers unawares, too many sweet and bitter memories are getting faded.

Dedicated this music to my parents in heaven and my long lost friend Elaine Lim.