Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square, A

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Manning Sherwin

Manning Sherwin (arr.Nowlin)


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General Info

Year: 1939
Duration:
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: U.S. Marine Band
Cost: Score and Parts - Unknown


Instrumentation

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Errata

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Program Notes

A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square is a romantic British popular song written in 1939 with lyrics by Eric Maschwitz and music by Manning Sherwin. Berkeley Square (pronounced 'Bar-klee') is a large leafy square in Mayfair, an expensive part of London.

The song was written in the then-small French fishing village of Le Lavandou shortly before the outbreak of the Second World War. According to Maschwitz, the title was "stolen" from a story by Michael Arlen. The song had its first performance in the summer of 1939 in a local bar, where the melody was played on piano by Manning Sherwin with the help of the resident saxophonist. Maschwitz sang the words while holding a glass of wine, but nobody seemed impressed.

The verse and the additional lyrics to a second chorus were in the song as written, but are rarely sung in recordings. The song was published in 1940 when it was first performed in the London revue New Faces by Judy Campbell (la. In the same year it was also performed by both Ray Noble and then by Vera Lynn. The tune is a recurring theme in the Fritz Lang film Man Hunt (1941).

- Program Note from Wikipedia


The arranger, First Lieutenant Ryan J. Nowin, is Assistant Director of the United States Marine Band.


State Ratings

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Performances

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  • United States Marine Band (Washington, D.C.) (Jason K. Fettig, conductor; Sara Sheffield, mezzo-soprano) – 20 July 2016
  • United States Marine Band (Washington, D.C.) (Ryan J. Nowlin, conductor) – 24 March 2016


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