String Ensemble,String Trio Cello,Viola,Violin - Level 4 - Digital Download
SKU: A0.1205501
By The Beatles. By John Lennon and Paul McCartney. Arranged by Mattia Mugnai. Pop. Score and parts. 9 pages. Matt80 #803702. Published by Matt80 (A0.1205501).
Eleanor Rigby is a song by the English rock band the Beatles from their 1966 album Revolver. It was also issued on a double A-side single, paired with Yellow Submarine.
The song continued the transformation of the Beatles from a mainly rock and roll- and pop-oriented act to a more experimental, studio-based band. With a double string quartet arrangement by George Martin and lyrics providing a narrative on loneliness, it broke sharply with popular music conventions, both musically and lyrically. Eleanor Rigby topped singles charts in Australia, Belgium, Canada and New Zealand.
McCartney said that the idea to call his character Eleanor was possibly because of Eleanor Bron, the actress who starred with the Beatles in their 1965 film Help! Rigby came from the name of a store in Bristol, Rigby & Evens Ltd. McCartney noticed the store while visiting his girlfriend of the time, actress Jane Asher, during her run in the Bristol Old Vic's production of The Happiest Days of Your Life in January 1966. He recalled in 1984: I just liked the name. I was looking for a name that sounded natural. 'Eleanor Rigby' sounded natural.
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In the sting trio arrangement the beauty of this song is finely preserved, as much as it's original stucture.
The file includes both score and parts.
