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Golden Slumbers
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Golden Slumbers by John Lennon Piano Solo - Sheet Music

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By Toru Takemitsu

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SKU: HL.49047849

Piano. Composed by John Lennon and Paul McCartney. Arranged by Toru Takemitsu. Piano. Classical. Softcover. Duration 240 seconds. Schott Music #SJ1188. Published by Schott Music (HL.49047849).

UPC: 196288394198.

The long-awaited arrangement by Toru Takemitsu (1930-1996) was published by Schott Music Tokyo to commemorate the anniversary of hisdeath, 2016. The universally known song Golden Slumbers, written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, was released on the Beatles' Album “Abbey Road” in 1969. The text is based on a ballad by Elisabethan dramatist Thomas Dekker, which McCartney is said to have discovered in a lullaby on his father's piano and, unable to read the music, he created his own music for the poem. This arrangement for piano solo by Takemitsu was written for “Hyper Beatles”, a recording project by Aki Takahashi (piano) recorded on 10 August 1992 and premiered on 23 October at Yokohama City Education & Culture Hall. Takemitsu harmonises the simple melody using arpeggios, incorporating his distinctive colouring into the song even more than in his previous arrangements of Beatles' songs like Michelle and Hey Jude published in 12 Songs for Guitar (1977).