String Quartet Cello,String Quartet,Viola,Violin - Level 3 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.527615

Composed by Johnny Mandel. Arranged by Diego Marani. Film/TV,Instructional,Jazz,Pop,Standards. Score and parts. 8 pages. Diego Marani #3022407. Published by Diego Marani (A0.527615).

The Shadow of Your Smile, also known as Love Theme from The Sandpiper, is a popular song. The music was written by Johnny Mandel with the lyrics written by Paul Francis Webster. The song was introduced in the 1965 film The Sandpiper, with a trumpet solo by Jack Sheldon and later became a minor hit for Tony Bennett (Johnny Mandel arranged and conducted his version as well). It won the Grammy Award for Song of the Year and the Academy Award for Best Original Song. In 2004 the song finished at #77 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs poll of the top tunes in American cinema.
Well-known versions of the song were recorded by Barbra Streisand (on her 1965 album My Name Is Barbra, Two...), singer Shirley Bassey (on her 1966 album I've Got a Song for You), Andy Williams, Chris Montez, Percy Faith, Rita Reys, Al Martino, Perry Como, Nancy Sinatra, Astrud Gilberto, Peggy Lee, Sammy Davis, Jr., Sarah Vaughan and Frank Sinatra.

This arrangement for string quartet includes the following parts: Violin I, Violin II, Viola and Cello. It is suitable for repertoire, classroom and recital.

Guitar,Piano,Vocal,Voice - Level 4 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1200025

Composed by Katrina Elizabeth Leskanich, Kimberley Rew, Thomas Alexander Cooper, and Vince De La Cruz. Arranged by John Fries. 20th Century,Jazz,Standards. Score. 2 pages. John Fries #798838. Published by John Fries (A0.1200025).

Please contact me by email at jfries@ptd.net to make a special request or to find out all that I have to offer and to express your comments or concerns.  You can also type John Fries in the searchbar to see all I have to offer.   The original opening is shown in this arrangement. It is unique among Gershwin compositions in that it was used for two different Broadway productions: Treasure Girl (1928) and Strike Up the Band (1930), It is considered a jazz standard, primarily of the vocal repertoire, thanks to recordings by singers such as Frank Sinatra, Sarah Vaughan and Ella Fitzgerald.