It’s the autumn season with leaves falling. When combining
the idea of leaves and classical composers, two results are possible: piano pieces
that have the word “leaves” in the title.
- Felix
Mendelssohn wrote
"Album-leaf in E minor, Op. 117".
- Max
Reger composed multiple pieces titled "Albumblatt,"
including one from his "Bunte Blätter for Piano".
- Camille
Saint-Saëns wrote a "Feuillet d'album, Op. 169".
- Moritz
Moszkowski wrote "Feuillet d'album No. 2" from his Op. 86.
- Modest
Mussorgsky composed a piece titled "Méditation (feuillet
d'album)"
And there is another possibility: composers who have
arranged or been associated with the song “Autumn Leaves,” which is English lyrical
adaption of the French song “Les Feuilles Mortes” (“Dead Leaves”) by Hungarian
composer Joseph Kosma in 1945.
- Frédéric
Chopin was mentioned as a composer whose style was used in
arrangements of the song
- Franz
Liszt was mentioned as a composer whose style was used in arrangements
of the song.
- Sergei
Rachmaninoff was mentioned as a composer whose style was used in
arrangements of the song.
- Johann
Strauss II was mentioned as a composer whose style was used in
arrangements of the song.
- Pyotr
Ilyich Tchaikovsky was mentioned as a composer whose style was used in
arrangements of the song.
For fun, you can hear a jazz arrangement of “Autumn Leaves”
that is transformed into a homage to Tchaikovsky, Liszt, Strauss, Chopin, Brahms,
and Rachmaninov at https://youtu.be/0zARLbNo480