Re: Greensleeves

From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Alcindoro) 

"What conductor of about thirty years ago arranged..."

>"L'amour est bleu" was one of my favorite
> songs when I was a child, possibly because I
> could actually play it on the piano. Those
> were the days (late 60s) when there would be
> several competing versions of one song on
> the airwaves -- I remember both Andy
> Williams and his ballistic wife Claudine
> Longet recorded it, among many. The hit
> instrumental version which I remember
> having on 45rpm was by Paul Mauriat, who
> wrote the English lyrics. I don't recall
> "Greensleeves" in the song or harmony, but
> the two have similarities in their melodies.

> Perhaps that's what you remember? 

   The song itself is of no connection to "Greensleeves", but a
moderately well-known conductor-arranger (whose name escapes me) of the
era had the same idea, i.e., regarding similarities of the two, and
decided to combine them (I actually saw this recording in about '71, but
didn't have the cash to buy it on the spot! [Ouch!]), which would've
undoubtedly been a treat to hear. 

This sort of harmonizing isn't done very often, and the results are IMO
usually poor, - but these two melodies in the hands of a really talented
arranger could hardly fail to please.

Leonard Tillman