Lullaby

Details

Lullaby for one piano, four hands by Greg Anderson, based on Johannes Brahms’ “Weigenlied” (“Cradle Song”), Op. 49, No. 4 / Full score / Difficulty: Intermediate / Duration: 3 minutes / Pages: 5 / Copyright: 2016 / Work number: 086 / Appears on the album Mother: A Musical Tribute / Spotify / Apple Music

Notes

Brahms’ “Cradle Song: Good Evening, Good Night” is one of the most beloved lullabies around the world and sweetly conjures memories of comfort; it also happens to be a song our mothers sang to us during our earliest years. Greg’s recomposition aims to capture the shift from wakefulness to dreamland and the repeating patterns evoking the oscillations of a mobile over an infant’s crib. “Lay thee down now and rest, may thy slumber be blessed.”

— Greg Anderson & Elizabeth Joy Roe