Bent SørensenLULLABIESfor piano2000Preface / Programme NoteSome melodies keep haunting me; they will stick in my mind, and I will walk abouthumming them, and they will find their way into my music.Two such melodies are the basis for the present piano piece, which I callLULLABIES. The first little tune began its life as a ballad in an operatic draft ofmine. Later on ? with text by English poet Selima Hill ? it became part of my songcycle ROSES ARE FALLING for mezzo soprano and piano. In the latter context itis a love song, but I have always had a lullaby-feeling about this tune, and, indeed,as a lullaby it appears in my opera UNDER THE SKY, to text by Peter Asmussen; inthe opera, the loved one sings and hums to her beloved and make him come to rest.During LULLABIES the tune will appear a half tone lower with each entry, andmake its way downwards through the musical texture, from upper voice to bassline.The other little melody is a true lullaby, which I hummed for my youngest daughterto try and make her go to sleep. Later on it became the backdrop for the last movementof my trombone concerto, BIRDS AND BELLS.The two melodies in their original form are reproduced at the beginning ofLULLABIES.Bent Sørensen, 2000
| Arrangement | Piano |
| Genres | Post-1900 |
| Format | Instrumental Work |
| Level | 4, 5 |
| NumberOfPages | 8 |
| Media | Sheet Music |
| Publisher | Edition Wilhelm Hansen |
| Contributors | Sorensen, Bent (Composer) |
| Language | Danish |
| ISBN | 978-87-598-7773-9 |