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La Vie en Rose was the signature song of popular French singer Édith Piaf. It was written in 1945 with lyrics by Ã‰dith Piaf, and a melody composed by Louiguy (Luis Guglielmi). 

The song became very popular in the US in 1950, with English lyrics (‘Take me to your heart again’) by David Mack, when seven recordings - made by Tony Martin, Paul Weston, Bing Crosby, Ralph Flanagan, Victor Young, Dean Martin, and Louis Armstrong - all reached the Billboard charts. 

This song has been covered by many other artists over the years, including Bette Midler, Donna Summer and a 2018 version by Lady Gaga.

This arrangement for Cello and Piano is very suitable for Recitals or as an Encore.

SKU: A0.805649

La Vie en Rose was the signature song of popular French singer Édith Piaf. It was written in 1945 with lyrics by Ã‰dith Piaf, and a melody composed by Louiguy (Luis Guglielmi). 

The song became very popular in the US in 1950, with English lyrics (‘Take me to your heart again’) by David Mack, when seven recordings - made by Tony Martin, Paul Weston, Bing Crosby, Ralph Flanagan, Victor Young, Dean Martin, and Louis Armstrong - all reached the Billboard charts.  This arrangement makes an attractive recital item or is a delightful encore.

This song has been covered by many other artists over the years, including Bette Midler, Donna Summer and a 2018 version by Lady Gaga.

SKU: A0.805651

La Vie en Rose was the signature song of popular French singer Édith Piaf. It was written in 1945 with lyrics by Édith Piaf, and a melody composed by Louiguy (Luis Guglielmi).  

The song became very popular in the US in 1950, with English lyrics (‘Take me to your heart again’) by David Mack, when seven recordings - made by Tony Martin, Paul Weston, Bing Crosby, Ralph Flanagan, Victor Young, Dean Martin, and Louis Armstrong - all reached the Billboard charts. The song has also been covered by many other artists over the years, including Bette Midler, Donna Summer and a 2018 version by Lady Gaga.This instrumental arrangement makes an excellent recital item or popular encore.

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This song was written in 1939 by Noel Gay and Ralph Butler and popularised by Flanagan and Allen, the music hall duo. It was written for the Noel Gay show 'The Little Dog Laughed'. It's a fun song that apparently was one of Winston Churchill's favourites. So my arrangement is a tribute to Bud, Chesney and Winston!

My version features a left hand stride piano/ragtime style and goes through the keys of C and F major. There are lots of stride idioms and riffs in the right hand from the likes of Scott Joplin, Fats Waller and early jazz styles as well as popular pianists such as Russ Conway and Winnifred Attwell. If you have problems with the 10ths in the bass just play octaves or single bass notes instead or possibly 'rolling' or 'bouncing' them ie playing one note and jumping as quickly as possible to the next so as to play almost simultaneously.

I don't notate dynamics, fingering or pedalling and prefer to leave these to the discretion of the individual pianist as no two teachers ever agree on such matters.
Hope you have as much fun playing it as I did arranging it.