Uploaded February 2022 | Updated September 2026, 28 minutes ago
In this recoding I am playing the classic and famous ballad ”Autumn leaves”(Les feuilles mortes) in an instrumental Piano solo version. The piano solo arrangement is by the German arranger Hans Günther Heumann out of his book ”Pianotainment”.
“Autumn Leaves" is a popular song and jazz standard composed by Joseph Kosma in 1945 with original lyrics by Jacques Prévert in French (original French title: "Les Feuilles mortes"), and later by Johnny Mercer in English. An instrumental version by pianist Roger Williams was a number one best-seller in the US Billboard charts of 1955.
Kosma was a native of Hungary who was introduced to Prévert in Paris. They collaborated on the song Les Feuilles mortes ("The Dead Leaves") for the 1946 film ”Les Portes de la nuit”(Gates of the Night) where it was sung by Irène Joachim and Yves Montand. Kosma was influenced by a piece of ballet music, "Rendez-vous" written for Roland Petit, performed in Paris at the end of the Second World War, large parts of the melodies are exactly the same, which was itself borrowed partially from "Poème d'octobre" by Jules Massenet. The first commercial recordings of "Les Feuilles mortes" were released in 1950, by Cora Vaucaire and by Yves Montand. Johnny Mercer wrote the English lyric and gave it the title "Autumn Leaves". Mercer was a partner in Capitol Records at the time, and Capitol recording artist Jo Stafford made the first English-language recording in July, 1950.
More beautiful arrangements:
Madame Butterfly Piano: youtu.be/SZ1yROLJTYc
Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence: youtu.be/ei58w2w9NUc
Arirang Piano: youtu.be/0YKDLz-F8L8
Relax with my Ghibli Playlist: youtu.be/PzUiA9mNVNk
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In this recoding I am playing the classic and famous ballad ”Autumn leaves”(Les feuilles mortes) in an instrumental Piano solo version. The piano solo arrangement is by the German arranger Hans Günther Heumann out of his book ”Pianotainment”.
“Autumn Leaves" is a popular song and jazz standard composed by Joseph Kosma in 1945 with original lyrics by Jacques Prévert in French (original French title: "Les Feuilles mortes"), and later by Johnny Mercer in English. An instrumental version by pianist Roger Williams was a number one best-seller in the US Billboard charts of 1955.
Kosma was a native of Hungary who was introduced to Prévert in Paris. They collaborated on the song Les Feuilles mortes ("The Dead Leaves") for the 1946 film ”Les Portes de la nuit”(Gates of the Night) where it was sung by Irène Joachim and Yves Montand. Kosma was influenced by a piece of ballet music, "Rendez-vous" written for Roland Petit, performed in Paris at the end of the Second World War, large parts of the melodies are exactly the same, which was itself borrowed partially from "Poème d'octobre" by Jules Massenet. The first commercial recordings of "Les Feuilles mortes" were released in 1950, by Cora Vaucaire and by Yves Montand. Johnny Mercer wrote the English lyric and gave it the title "Autumn Leaves". Mercer was a partner in Capitol Records at the time, and Capitol recording artist Jo Stafford made the first English-language recording in July, 1950.
More beautiful arrangements:
Madame Butterfly Piano: youtu.be/SZ1yROLJTYc
Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence: youtu.be/ei58w2w9NUc
Arirang Piano: youtu.be/0YKDLz-F8L8
Relax with my Ghibli Playlist: youtu.be/PzUiA9mNVNk
Thanks for watching! Subscribe to this channel for more piano recordings:
youtube.com/user/Klangzauberer/?sub_confirmation=1
#piano #pianosolo #autumnleaves
