Joseph Kosma MUSIC MUSIC AUTUMN LEAVES (LES FEUILLES MORTES)

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1 Alred eed (anuary, 9 Setemer 7, 005) as a rolific and requently erormed comoser and arranger, ith more than to hundred ulished orks or concert and, ind ensemle, orchestra, chorus and chamer ensemle to his name He also traveled extensively as a guest conductor, erorming in North America, La n America, Euroe and Asia rom 955 to 966, Alred eed as the execu ve editor o the music ulisher Hansen ulica ons, hile also lending his talents to other ulishers It as during this me that his arrangement o oseh Kosma s Autumn Leaves as ri en oseh Kosma arranged y Alred eed edited y Mark ogers S96CB US $7500 or Concert Band Mark ogers egan ri ng or and hile in high school, and con nued ith degrees rom Texas Tech University and the University o Texas Director o ulica ons or Southern Music Comany rom 99 and Managing Editor o the firm since 05, ogers has authored edi ons o the music o ercy Grainger and ohn hili Sousa that have entered and reertory orldide He is also idely ulished as an arranger and transcrier, ith erormances y all five o the Washington, DC service ands Dr ogers is the conductor o the Heart o Texas Concert Band and serves on the adunct aculty o San Antonio College, Texas Lutheran University and Trinity University rior to coming to San Antonio, he as on the aculty o the University o South Alaama and a staff memer o the University o Texas Longhorn Band A assoonist, he erorms ith the orchestras o Corus Chris, Victoria, Laredo, San Antonio and Aus n, as ell as the MidTexas Symhony He is ac ve in church music and occasionally aears in music theater, erorming numerous roles in the oere as o Gilert and Sullivan Sudie, his ie o orty years, their children and souses (and grandchildren), are the oy o his later years (LES EUILLES MOTES) Kosma/eed/ogers oseh Kosma as orn ózse Kozma on Octoer, 905 in Budaest o eish descent He as related to the amous conductor Georg Sol on his mother s side He started to lay the iano at age 5, and later took iano lessons At the age o, he rote his first oera, Christmas in the Trenches A er comle ng his educa on at the Gymnasium ranzose, he a ended the Academy o Music in Budaest, here he studied ith Leo Weiner He also studied ith Béla Bartók at the Liszt Academy, receiving dilomas in comosi on and conduc ng In 9, ith the Hungarian government riendly to the Nazis in Germany, Kosma and his ie emigrated to aris here he met acques révert, ho introduced him to ean enoir During World War II and the Nazi occua on o rance, Kosma as laced under house arrest and anned rom comosi on Hoever, révert managed to arrange or Kosma to contriute music or films, ith other comosers ron ng or him He as knon or ri ng the standard classicalazz iece Les euilles Mortes ( Autumn Leaves ), ith rench lyric y acques révert (and later English lyric y ohnny Mercer), hich aeared in Marcel Carné s film Les ortes de la nuit The English language version o the song as eatured in the eonymous 956 film starring oan Craord oseh Kosma died in rance at age 6 on August 7, 969 The iconic tune Autumn Leaves "Les euilles mortes" y Hungarianorn comoser oseh Kosma hardly requires an introduction to azz afficionados The music as originally set to rench lyrics y acques révert, and later English lyrics y ohnny Mercer This classic and arrangement y Alred eed shocases the rich harmonic language that underlines the melody ith thick, sonorous orchestration This iece can e the erect change o ace hen laced among orks ith quicker temi or more rigorous demands on the layers Concerts in the ark Series S96CB HL00609 HL00609 Grade

2 ULL SCOE oseh Kosma M L E (LES EUILLES MOTES) Arranged or and y Alred eed Edited y Mark ogers INSTUMENTATION SA ULL SCOE ICCOLO st LUTE nd LUTE st OBOE nd OBOE CLAINET in E st CLAINET in B nd CLAINET in B rd CLAINET in B ALTO CLAINET in E BASS CLAINET in B CONTA ALTO CLAINET in E or CONTA BASS CLAINET in B st BASSOON nd BASSOON st ALTO SAXOHONE in E nd ALTO SAXOHONE in E TENO SAXOHONE in B BAITONE SAXOHONE in E st TUMET in B nd TUMET in B rd TUMET in B st HON in nd HON in rd HON in th HON in st TOMBONE nd TOMBONE rd TOMBONE EUHONIUM in Trele or Bass Cle TUBAS STING BASS 5ECUSSION: TIMANI (our drums needed), Chimes, Bells, Virahone, Snare Bass Drum, Crash Susended Cymal Grade Duration: Arox :0 Minutes Autumn Leaves English lyric y ohnny Mercer rench lyric y acques revert Music y oseh Kosma 97, 950 (eneed) ENOCH ET CIE This arrangement 07 ENOCH ET CIE Sole Selling Agent or US and Canada: MOLEY CO, y agreement ith ENOCH ET CIE All ights eserved erinted y ermission o Hal Leonard LLC Digital and hotograhic coying o this ulication is illegal

3 Southern Music Comany s edition o Alred eed s arrangement o Autumn Leaves, one o the most enduring o all tunes in the great ody o oular music, is a elcome return to the reertory o the ind and e ould guess that this ellknon melody is the creation o oseh Kosma, a relatively oscure Hungarian comoser, ut such is the case Aearing in 95 under the title Hulló levelek ( alling Leaves ), the tune encasulates the eelings o desair in arravaged Euroe, as eole struggled to make sense o the destruction o civilization that had een let to them With a rench lyric y acques révert, Les euilles Mortes ( The Dead Leaves ), the song aeared in the 96 ilm Les ortes de la nuit In 97 hen ohnny Mercer rote the English lyric Autumn Leaves, the ath to immortality as secure and innumerale recordings ere made In 955, ianist oger Williams recorded a rendition or solo iano hich remains the only iano instrumental to ever reach No on Billoard s oular music chart; it sold over to million coies and as aarded a gold disc Autumn Leaves is in AABC orm The melody remains oular ith azz musicians as the chord rogressions consist almost entirely o iivi sequences tyical in azz Autumn Leaves is studied in the textook Tonal Harmony ith an introduction to 0 th Century Music y Stean Kostka, Dorothy ayne and Almén Byron (0, 7 th edition, McGraHill, 6, 8) Long outorint, Alred eed s exquisite concert and arrangement o Autumn Leaves as originally ulished ith inadequate rehearsal numers and an entirely unsatisactory condensed score Mark ogers edition o this score reserves all asects o Kosma s lovely, nostalgic tune in a handsome ull score that allos conductors to oserve the great skill o Alred eed s lush, colorul riting Amle oortunities can e ound to study style and hrasing rom the many availale vocal recordings o this melody (in rench, English and aanese!) amous singers ho have recorded Autumn Leaves include Yves Montand, Edith ia, o Staord (irst recording ith English lyric), Bing Crosy, Nat King Cole, rank Sinatra, erry Como, Andy Williams, Tony Bennett, Barra Streisand, ohnny Mathis, Willie Nelson, and many, many others oger Williams solo iano recording is amous or Williams descending scales and areggios, deicting the leaves alling rom the trees to the ground elo Adult and community ands ill elcome this addition to the list o great oular music availale or erormance and ulic school ands ill eneit rom the oortunity to lay this onderul, lyrical melody OSEH KOSMA oseh Kosma as orn ózse Kozma on Octoer, 905 in Budaest, here his arents taught stenograhy and tying He as o eish descent In addition to a rother, Ákos, he is related to the amous conductor Georg Solti on his mother s side He started to lay the iano at age 5, and later took iano lessons At the age o, he rote his irst oera, Christmas in the Trenches Ater comleting his education at the Gymnasium ranzose, he attended the Academy o Music in Budaest, here he studied ith Leo Weiner He also studied ith Béla Bartók at the Liszt Academy, receiving dilomas in comosition and conducting He on a grant to study in Berlin in 98, here he met Lilli Ael, another musician, hom he later married He also ecame acquainted ith Bertolt Brecht and Helene Weigel In 9 ith an Hungarian government riendly to the Nazis in Germany, Kosma and his ie emigrated to aris here he met acques révert, ho introduced him to ean enoir During World War II and the Nazi occuation o rance, Kosma as laced under house arrest and anned rom comosition Hoever, révert managed to arrange or Kosma to contriute music or ilms, ith other comosers ronting or him Under this arrangement he rote the antomime o the music or Les Enants du aradis (95), made under the occuation, ut released ater the lieration In addition to a numer o other ellregarded ilm scores, he also rote or television in Le Testament du docteur Cordelier (The Doctor s Horrile Exeriment) (959) He as also knon or riting the standard classicalazz iece Les euilles Mortes ( Autumn Leaves ), ith rench lyrics y acques révert (and later English lyrics y ohnny Mercer), hich aeared in Marcel Carné s ilm Les ortes de la nuit The English language version o the song as eatured in the eonymous 956 ilm starring oan Craord oseh Kosma died in rance at age 6 on August 7, 969 ALED EED Alred eed (anuary, 9 Setemer 7, 005) as a roliic and requently erormed comoser and arranger, ith more than to hundred ulished orks or concert and, ind ensemle, orchestra, chorus and chamer ensemle to his name He also traveled extensively as a guest conductor, erorming in North America, Latin America, Euroe and Asia eed as orn in Ne York and egan his ormal music training at the age o ten During World War II, he served in the 59th Army Air orce Band olloing his military service, he attended the uilliard School o Music, studying under Vittorio Giannini, ater hich he as sta comoser and arranger irst or NBC, then or ABC In 95, he ecame conductor o the Baylor Symhony Orchestra at Baylor University, here he received his BM in 955 and MM in 956 His master s thesis, hasody or Viola and Orchestra, as aarded the Luria rize in 959 He as a memer o the Beta Tau chater o hi Mu Alha Sinonia, the national raternity or men in music rom 955 to 966, Alred eed as the executive editor o Hansen ulications, a music ulisher, also lending his talents to other ulishers It as during this time that his arrangement o oseh Kosma s Autumn Leaves as ritten He as aointed roessor o Music at the University o Miami in 966 He as chairman o the Deartment o Music Media and Industry and director o the Music Industry rogram at the time o his retirement He estalished the very irst collegelevel music usiness curriculum at the University o Miami, hich led other colleges and universities to ollo suit At the time o his death, he had commissions or comositions that ould have taken him to the age o 5 Many o eed s ind and comositions and arrangements ere recorded y the Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra under his direction on CDs that are readily availale SAMLE MAK OGES Mark ogers egan riting or and hile in high school, and continued ith degrees rom Texas Tech University and the University o Texas Director o ulications or Southern Music Comany rom 99 and Managing Editor o the irm since 05, ogers has authored editions o the music o ercy Grainger and ohn hili Sousa that have entered and reertory orldide He is also idely ulished as an arranger and transcrier, ith erormances y all ive o the Washington, DC service ands Dr ogers is the conductor o the Heart o Texas Concert Band and serves on the adunct aculty o San Antonio College, Texas Lutheran University and Trinity University, and rior to coming to San Antonio as on the aculty o the University o South Alaama and a sta memer o the University o Texas Longhorn Band A assoonist, he erorms ith the orchestras o Corus Christi, Victoria, Laredo, San Antonio and Austin, as ell as the MidTexas Symhony He is active in church music and occasionally aears in music theater, erorming numerous roles in the oerettas o Gilert and Sullivan Sudie, his ie o orty years, their children and souses (and grandchildren), are the oy o his later years

4 ull Score S96 iccolo lutes Ooes Clarinet in E B Clarinets E Alto Clarinet B Bass Clarinets B Contra Bass Clarinet Bassoons E Alto Saxohones B Tenor Saxohones E Baritone Saxohone B Trumets Horns in Tromones Euhoniums Tuas String Bass Timani ercussion Chimes Sloly, ith much eeling ( = 5) n # Sloly, ith much eeling ( = 5) (esr) (esr) (esr) # # izz ã (reare cu mutes) (reare cu mutes) (esr) unis (esr) arco oseh Kosma arranged y Alred eed; edited y Mark ogers # # n # I Solo n n Solo (ith solo Clar) unis Chimes 5 cue: iccolo one Solo (ith icc) SAMLE Autumn Leaves English lyric y ohnny Mercer rench lyric y acques revert Music y oseh Kosma 97, 950 (eneed) ENOCH ET CIE This arrangement 07 ENOCH ET CIE Sole Selling Agent or US and Canada: MOLEY CO, y agreement ith ENOCH ET CIE All ights eserved erinted y ermission o Hal Leonard LLC Digital and hotograhic coying o this ulication is illegal

5 icc lutes Ooes E Cl B Clars AlCl BsCls CBCl Bsns ASxs TSxs B Sx Trts Horns Trns Euhs Tuas StBs Tim erc Chimes Vies 6 ã n (sost) 6 n n st (esr) Soli n (oco) n to Bells 7 Soli 8 dim n Bells > Vies > S96: Autumn LeavesSAMLE 9 all layers Soli (esr) > > 0

6 Alred eed (anuary, 9 Setemer 7, 005) as a rolific and requently erormed comoser and arranger, ith more than to hundred ulished orks or concert and, ind ensemle, orchestra, chorus and chamer ensemle to his name He also traveled extensively as a guest conductor, erorming in North America, La n America, Euroe and Asia rom 955 to 966, Alred eed as the execu ve editor o the music ulisher Hansen ulica ons, hile also lending his talents to other ulishers It as during this me that his arrangement o oseh Kosma s Autumn Leaves as ri en oseh Kosma arranged y Alred eed edited y Mark ogers S96CB US $7500 or Concert Band Mark ogers egan ri ng or and hile in high school, and con nued ith degrees rom Texas Tech University and the University o Texas Director o ulica ons or Southern Music Comany rom 99 and Managing Editor o the firm since 05, ogers has authored edi ons o the music o ercy Grainger and ohn hili Sousa that have entered and reertory orldide He is also idely ulished as an arranger and transcrier, ith erormances y all five o the Washington, DC service ands Dr ogers is the conductor o the Heart o Texas Concert Band and serves on the adunct aculty o San Antonio College, Texas Lutheran University and Trinity University rior to coming to San Antonio, he as on the aculty o the University o South Alaama and a staff memer o the University o Texas Longhorn Band A assoonist, he erorms ith the orchestras o Corus Chris, Victoria, Laredo, San Antonio and Aus n, as ell as the MidTexas Symhony He is ac ve in church music and occasionally aears in music theater, erorming numerous roles in the oere as o Gilert and Sullivan Sudie, his ie o orty years, their children and souses (and grandchildren), are the oy o his later years (LES EUILLES MOTES) Kosma/eed/ogers oseh Kosma as orn ózse Kozma on Octoer, 905 in Budaest o eish descent He as related to the amous conductor Georg Sol on his mother s side He started to lay the iano at age 5, and later took iano lessons At the age o, he rote his first oera, Christmas in the Trenches A er comle ng his educa on at the Gymnasium ranzose, he a ended the Academy o Music in Budaest, here he studied ith Leo Weiner He also studied ith Béla Bartók at the Liszt Academy, receiving dilomas in comosi on and conduc ng In 9, ith the Hungarian government riendly to the Nazis in Germany, Kosma and his ie emigrated to aris here he met acques révert, ho introduced him to ean enoir During World War II and the Nazi occua on o rance, Kosma as laced under house arrest and anned rom comosi on Hoever, révert managed to arrange or Kosma to contriute music or films, ith other comosers ron ng or him He as knon or ri ng the standard classicalazz iece Les euilles Mortes ( Autumn Leaves ), ith rench lyric y acques révert (and later English lyric y ohnny Mercer), hich aeared in Marcel Carné s film Les ortes de la nuit The English language version o the song as eatured in the eonymous 956 film starring oan Craord oseh Kosma died in rance at age 6 on August 7, 969 The iconic tune Autumn Leaves "Les euilles mortes" y Hungarianorn comoser oseh Kosma hardly requires an introduction to azz afficionados The music as originally set to rench lyrics y acques révert, and later English lyrics y ohnny Mercer This classic and arrangement y Alred eed shocases the rich harmonic language that underlines the melody ith thick, sonorous orchestration This iece can e the erect change o ace hen laced among orks ith quicker temi or more rigorous demands on the layers Concerts in the ark Series S96CB HL00609 HL00609 Grade