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“I’ll Be Seeing You” is a popular song published in 1938 which was written for an unsuccessful Broadway show (by Irving Kahal & Sammy Fain) that closed after 15 performances. Lucky for us, the 1944 recording by Bing Crosby became a nostalgic wartime hit (especially poignant and emotional as soldiers were away fighting and sweethearts were separated, perhaps forever). Frank Sinatra’s version further added to its popularity, and Billie Holiday’s 1944 recording of the song was even used as the final transmission sent by NASA to the Opportunity rover on Mars when its mission ended in February 2019!
As I have been playing this for the last 2 weeks after listening to it with a patient during her eyelid surgery, I was struck by the thought that it was as beautiful as any classical music theme. Then I read on Wikipedia that someone had already noticed the resemblance between the main tune’s first four lines and a passage within the theme of the last movement of Gustav Mahler’s Third Symphony (1896).
Enjoy,
Dr. Weiss
Some information from Wikipedia
Dedicated to TZ
PS Clavinova sample is Yamaha CFX Grand Piano this time. |
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