Ned Rorem - 1 September, 1988
from Lies: A Diary 1986-1999, page 134:
Scotch ballads are supposed to be as pentatonic as Chinese ballads. But in the wee hours I awoke to realise that you can play the American ballad My Blue Heaven all on the black keys.
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Ned Rorem, Lies: A Diary 1986-1999 (New York, 2002), p. 134. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1436827109903 accessed: 10 December, 2024
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My Blue Heaven
written by Walter Donaldson |
performed by Ned Rorem |
Experience Information
Date/Time | 1 September, 1988 |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in private, indoors, solitary |
Originally submitted by pashworth on Mon, 13 Jul 2015 23:38:30 +0100
Approved on Tue, 02 Feb 2016 12:29:44 +0000