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WEISS – Can’t help falling in love (ballad song) – FOUR CELLOS

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“Can’t Help Falling in Love” is a song that first sprang to fame when it was recorded by American singer Elvis Presley for the album and film ‘Blue Hawaii’ (1961). It was credited as being written by Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore, and George David Weiss and published by Gladys Music, Inc., but in truth it was above all written by the songwriter George Weiss. New York-born George Weiss was a military bandleader in World War II, but went on to achieve great fame as a prolific songwriter in the ’40s, ’50s ’60s and ’70s. Among the great ‘hits’ he penned were “What a Wonderful World” recorded by Louis Armstrong in 1967, The Stylistics 1975 UK chart-topper “Can’t Give You Anything (But My Love),” and “The Lion Sleeps Tonight,” a reworking of a South African Zulu song. He died in 2010 at age of 89.
The first part of this song melody is itself based on “Plaisir d’amour”, a popular French love song composed in 1784 by Martini. Elvis Presley’s version of the song topped the British charts in 1962, spending four weeks at No.1. This was to become Elvis’ most popular and famous love song, and Elvis ended most of his concerts with this music.
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QUARTET OF FOUR CELLOS OR FOR A LARGER CELLO ENSEMBLE
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This is a ‘new’ cello ensemble version by David Johnstone. Set in F Major, it is rather ‘choral’ in nature, as generally the four parts are moving together. For this reason, no conductor score is produced, though the rehearsal letters should make it comfortable to put together!
Left-hand thumb position is not required, though the first cello does play occasionally in 7th position. The technical level can be classed only as ‘moderate’, and can make for a convincing piece for FOUR cellos or LARGER cello ensemble, and for school or youth orchestra ensembles, as well as being something ‘nice’ to play on cello courses!

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