Piano - intermediate SKU: BT.WA-4095-401
Composed by Edward Elgar. Arranged by Thomas A. Johnson. The Walsh Collection. Educational Tool. Book Only. 4 pages. The Walsh Collection #WA 4095-401. Published by The Walsh Collection (BT.WA-4095-401). English.
Sir Edward Elgar was born in Worcester in 1857. Until the outstanding success of the 'Enigma' Variations in 1899, he was considered a 'provincial' composer - and a largely self taught one at that.In the earlier part of Elgar's career as a composer, he wrote several short pieces which became very popular indeed. Chanson de nuit is one such, the second of a pair (Chanson de Matin the other being), which carried his name far and wide before his larger orchestra works appeared. It was published in several versions at once: for string orchestra, for small orchestra, for violin and piano and so on - so it is almost impossible to say, with any degree of certainty, which was theoriginal version. This arrangement makes a useful addition to the repertoire for piano.
