Probably a publisher's interpretation of Rodgers' piano/vocal
versions. Rodgers was a fine melodist, but there are many re-
harmonizations (some quite substantial) of his songs that are
stronger, by far, than his versions. Some Tin Pan Alley composers
wrote solid basic harmony and good bass lines (Porter most of the
time, Arlen, Vernon Duke, for sure, Harry Warren, Waller, Ellington -
many, in fact). Rodgers music is almost always re-interpreted in this
way in modern versions, and there's a good reason.
Chuck
On Jan 18, 2009, at 11:50 AM, David W. Fenton wrote:
On 18 Jan 2009 at 13:11, John Howell wrote:
One danger in the early days was that the chord symbols too often
represented the right-hand chord (for the pianist), but did NOT
indicate function or bass note. That was still true as late as the
sheet music of Richard Rodgers, and you can't always trust his chord
symbols to mean what we think they should.
Were the chord symbols printed in the publications of Richard
Rodgers' music "his" symbols, or those of an arranger? Frankly, I
strongly doubt that we should attribute them to Rodgers himself.
--
David W. Fenton http://dfenton.com
David Fenton Associates http://dfenton.com/DFA/
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