George Gershwin - Lullaby (Original Piano Version)

[grandduchess1958]

beautiful!!!!!



[francie760]

See, America has good music too!! way better than the trash bieber and taylor swift put out.

[sabu5950]

@francie760 Bieber's Canadian n e way, but OK.

[francie760]

@sabu5950 True,true. But my point is that

Gershwin is way better than the mindless pop music that people listen to today.

[supercherubs]

Beautiful!

[LordKasza]

These Sounds are blocked by youtube, or just the Bieber fans dont know, that music is really exists?

[ThatBoyTLong]

Gershwin- America's Mozart.

[TheSandsie13]

isn't it of one of the steelworkers working on either the empire state building or the cryster building in manhattan?

[whenmyguitar]

Thank you very much ! So beautiful !

[ourDC888]

Beautiful! Thank you!

[TheSwinePrincess]

That's one of my favorite photographs of all time. I was delighted to see it here and it does indeed compliment the music very well.

[nailmulic]

This is just plain beautiful!

[jeffmoore9487]

My god. It's hard to believe this diamond was lost for so long. Gershwin's work is a treasure for all of us. I want to thank Ms. Zizzo for finding this and for her skill in presenting it.

I've added this to my list of things I play at my gigs. Fits so well between more forceful Americana.

[AlakszaAlexandra]

Beautiful!!!

[PghFlip]

The photo is "Midtown Manhattan at night, 1935" by one seller. Searching for that or Charles C. Ebbets on goog images will find it.

[LetTheMusicFlow1]

The photo and the music jive SO beautifully. It's uplifting. Thanks a million for the upload, we truly appreciate it.

[aliberi20]

I bet that guy up there is listening to this coming out of some concert hall like ...goodnight byotch! bwahaha. i wonder how he got stuck up there at night. probably fell asleep and woke up like o crud. wonder how you go to the bathroom up there! aha gershwins so crazy i wish hed make more stuff ;( whatever if he came outta retirement id pay crazy billzzz to see him jam with dmb or alicia keys!!!

[MartyInLa]

Even the photo is cool!

[JesseFSegovia]

This is just so beautiful! The part at 6:09 is achingly beautiful, and oddly enough missing from the string quartet version. Thanks so much for posting.

Where can I get this on CD or for legal download?

[bigcity233]

I agree with aa4285 ,,,, this is "Pure Heaven"......beautifully played. I think the photo was taken from 30 Rockefeller Plaza (under construction) about 1932-33. 30 Rock was originally the RCA Building - now the GE Building. Looking directly south, you see the Empire State Building (34th St) and the tall building on the far left side is 500 Fifth Ave., (42nd St.) - both of these were brand new when the picture was taken. Thank you for posting.

[Epogdous]

@TheChsmall “Gershwin's "Lullaby" is a true ragtime lullaby, sweet, full now of faded memories, and filled with slow motion ragtime syncopations, comparable in many ways to Scott Joplin's "Solace". It seems to have been written first as a piano piece around 1919, then transcribed by Gershwin for a string quartet. A portion of the original piano version still survives. Using that and the string quartet version, Alicia Zizzo reconstructed the original solo piano version.” ~ Paul Bisaccia

[aliberi20]

@Epogdous correction... originally composed for angel's harps

[jpctrp]

what's the photo?

[Epogdous]

@jpctrp I'm sorry. I don't know it. :(

[Acafer84]

@Epogdous Dude what's the name of the photo? can i google it? please tell me!!! :P I want to make a poster out of it thanks

[Epogdous]

@Acafer84 Charles C. Ebbets is the photographer. That's all I know about.

[Qahne]

@Acafer84 It's called New York City at Night.

[dido93]

@jpctrp I think the building of Rock. Center...

[pluguglyboxing]

@jpctrp the photo is from the 30's when they were building the Empire State Building

[phoebecatgirl]

Yes, it also reminds me of Scott Joplin's "Solace"....I have an old LP with Larry Adler playing harmonica on this piece with orchestra.

("All true language is incomprehensible..............­..................")

[AAErikCO]

Please credit the photo too. I'd love to know who that is by.

[stefbax]

@AAErikCO  Charles C. EBBETS

[Baruchyoseph8]

The more well know version if for strings.... both are tunes that soar in their simplicity and complexity at the same time.

[lim7lim]

wonderful, thank you for posting this. any idea where i can find the sheet music?

[cdayton1]

It's got an Hispanic flair to it - very slight...does anyone else hear it?  I love this so much and only just discovered it a few months ago. I thought I knew a lot of Gershwin tunes...this is so lovely.

[AAErikCO]

@cdayton1

Yep it's got that little bit of Spanish tinge which I love. This piece reminds me a bit of Scott Joplin's 'Solace'. Jelly Roll Morton also tended to incorporate a bit of the Spanish style in his music, i.e. 'The Crave'.

[marcguaschvidal]

I can imagine this being the theme music for Mr. Rogers neighborhood.

[tennisguy5593]

I played the strings version with an orchestra once and it is truly great. Such a beautiful piece. Gershwin is a true American pioneer. Unbelievable artist.

[CaliTrisha]

So beautiful!

[jhoward1957]

This is a rare beauty of a piece. I love the ragtime influence.

[natalinalamsy]

what picture is this? this is awesome?

[brassenine]

Beautiful.

[totipe]

It's like he translates the total of his being into his music, what an artist.

[nigelgspencer1]

Sublime!

[aa4285]

Pure Heaven.

[Baruchyoseph8]

Wow ... beautiful .....and beyond.

[1993FRAnCESCA]

è favolosa....ascoltarla è come entrare in un sogno...