Leroy anderson-Forgotten dreams piano solo

[8888Rik]

I really like this performance. It has the intimacy that it had when I listened to my father play it, many decades ago, and that I tried to capture in my guitar transcription. Very beautiful, and so sad.

[parkthoven]

@8888Rik Thanks for the comment. Long ago I happpend to know this music during listening FM radio channel in Korea. I got mesmerized by this beautiful music and suddenly I recorded the music with empty cassette tape and repeated listening and made this rendition. By the way, I'm absolute pitch. I listened and listened until I could memorize this music. Thanks for the comment and your story and by the way, why is it so sad?

[ansionnachcliste]

Beautiful. I'm wondering if someone could type out the structure of this song for me? Would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

[CashOnTheNail1955]

Cool-stuff the kids-don't-get; one-of-the-tunes 'Elizabeth' took-back to the 19th-century.

Some of her descendants are alive-&-well in Canada, Australia & the UK.

Past-life niece Elizabeth remembered much-of what-she-learned living-in-the 21st-century; including this-little-ditty :)

[alneal100]

Just beautiful. Good job maestro!

[parkthoven]

@alneal100 Thank you~~:D

[brwinks]

Your piano is out of tune, pal. Those unisons are ringing and twanging all over the show. Get it fixed. It's spoiling your playing.

[Alchrat]

This piece is so.... DREAMY

[parkthoven]

@Alchrat Hahaha~Yeap~

[GuinnevereB]

Congratulations on learning this piece by ear, I enjoyed hearing you play it. Do you indeed have perfect pitch? To me it seems like a wonderful gift; although a friend of mine who has perfect pitch says it has drawbacks too: when she's singing, she can't transpose to a different key from the one she's reading from a sheet of music...she sings what she sees. I suppose it's good enough to have accurate relative pitch for most purposes!

Anyway, I'm adding this to my favorites.

[parkthoven]

@GuinnevereB Thanks for the comment, GuinnevereB and as for the drawbacks of perfect pitch, I understant what you means. To go beyond the problems you mentioned, I practice different keys on one tune. It helps~

[S0L989]

Beautiful :)

[arnoutdam]

How did you get the piano sheets of this music piece?

[parkthoven]

I played it by ear. I'm absolute pitch~

[MarkEdwardSpeer]

Really beautiful. Thank you.

[Myrtle791]

First heard "Forgotten Dreams" while sip-

ping a milkshake at the snack bar at what was then called The Army Language School in Monterey, CA, of all places. The

record was by Leroy Anderson. Started with piano solo, then continued w/full or-

chestra, if I'm recalling correctly. Nice, warm sound. Would play it every time I went there. Enjoyed their chocolate shakes w/choc. ice cream, too. Gained 35 lbs. in 9 mo's. Uniforms mysteriously shrank! ( /-; )

[misspaddylee]

Simply lovely.

[lmlm301]

what a wonderful playing !!! it  touched me deeply .

and the title is so attractive ... "forgotten dreams"

it's funny how our dreams keep shrinking as we get older ...

i'm just looking for balance ...is it too much ???!!!

[parkthoven]

Well, what can I say, Mark Tup~

[wenglishsal]

Oh what memories this had brought flooding back, my Mummy-nana used to put her 'wireless' on in the evening and this was playing, it made us all tear up... Oh what beautiful memories and thank you for such a delightful post 'parkthoven'... simply charming... :0)x

[advisorC101]

A plus :)

[SpewToob]

Nice playing, but this is not a number made for upright - play it again on a grand and repost! :-)

[sandiQSS]

Just viewed your wonderful playing. Loved this rendition. Would you mind telling me how I can acquire this sheet music? I'd really appreciate it.

Thanks!

[xinzark]

I am looking for the piano sheet too .

[rolo920]

This was a really nice version of this song and it was really well played!!!1 Ive got a different version of this song , but this one is better ! Any idea where i can get your version ????

[desquarex]

I LOVE YOUR MOVEMENT ON THIS SONG!

<3

parkthoven.

Are you korean?

[fluidicmethod]

its like final fantasy

[jreeann]

nicely done :D

[ickitybob]

You play it really well. It's a lovely tune

[ash3rli3]

this was my grandads funeral song....

i love it...

[anneliserowe]

sorry im crying and im goner tell the truth i had this played at my nans funirel in may 8 2008 so it brings back lods of memorys of that day and my cousine clare wilkinson played it my nan turghter how to play it(sniffels) exslant.

[Namri]

I heard this on MNPR on my way home from work and wanted to do an animation for it that popped into my head. I didn't catch the artist name so i thought i wouldn't find it, but my first search was you on youtube :D. Awesomeness! Thanks!

[PembrokeRescue]

Dear Parkthoven, oh my....when I heard the first notes you played my heart went crunch.....I am 56 now and when I was tiny my Dad would dance me around with my feet on his shoes; I have not heard Leroy Anderson in absolute decades. I listened to his records for hours as much as 54 years ago. I must say, with Dad gone for many years, this is extremely bitter-sweet but I am so terribly grateful to hear it once again. Thank you, my friend.

[parkthoven]

Thank you for your story,PembrokeRescue. The first time I heard the tune was about 17 years ago, listening the radio program. There were lots of my favorite musics. I even recorded the program with casette tape. It was the background music when the radio host was reading a poem. The host didn't tell the title of music. I'm absolute pitch and memorized it due to repeated listening. Time passed almost decade and I finally knew the title. I was so HAPPY~~

Thanks again for your comment~

[cbyam1300]

I hope I don't sound like I'm jumping on the bandwagon here, but I haven't heard this tune for about 45 years. My dad used to play it for me, & it used to make me cry, as it is such a wonderful melody. It made me cry again now. Thank you so much.

[parkthoven]

You're welcome. Playint this tune reminds me of childhood dreams~which is getting forgotten and forgotten:)

[musicom67]

Don't you wish you had a Yamaha instead?

[parkthoven]

Kind of~ I like the soft tone of Yamaha~

[TommyWestbrook]

Such a poignant piece. Thanks for sharing.

[TommyWestbrook]

By the way, you added this on my birthday last year.

[jamsmen]

I love this song.

[PewLaserBear]

great song on piano. you should try it on violin , its even more beautiful.

[IhaveaCstring]

very very very very good!

[parkthoven]

Thank you very very very very much:)

[arslanabhatti]

i think... i liked... every last SECOND OF IT!

And i wish i could read music!... I'm learning this by ear. WISH ME LUCK! lol

[SpuDoOoFacE]

simply flawless! Bravo... keep up the great work.

[lizbeth66]

One of Leroy Anderson's best. Thank you, beautifully done.

[instantramannoodles]

where can you get this song i was thinking of going to hmv to find it will it be there?

[brendy88]

played by phil coulter as well...infact i think he wrote it.

[niubilly]

It was actually writtn by Leroy Anderson

[OMGSHwtfmaan]

This song is so good why does nobody else make a video playing this song!

[DanielGardner]

Beautiful job, very enjoyable to listen to.

[rmbarge]

nice job

[parkthoven]

Thanks for your info~~

[hilacklovemcr]

I'm sorry i didn't remember the name of the movie, but it is Poltergeist, of Steven Spielberg haha. Sorry again LOL.

[hilacklovemcr]

I love this song!!! I think it is of the movie Diabolic Games, anyway congrats! it's awesome.