Willow Weep for Me
Original song written and composed by Ann Ronell / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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"Willow Weep for Me" is a popular song composed in 1932 by Ann Ronell, who also wrote the lyrics. The song form is AABA, written in 4
4 time,[1] although occasionally adapted for 3
4 waltz time.
"Willow Weep for Me" | |
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Song | |
Published | 1932 |
Genre | Pop |
Songwriter(s) | Ann Ronell |
"Willow Weep for Me" | ||||
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Single by Chad & Jeremy | ||||
from the album Yesterday's Gone | ||||
B-side | "If She Was Mine" | |||
Released | November 1964 | |||
Genre | Pop | |||
Length | 2:33 | |||
Label | World Artists | |||
Songwriter(s) | Ann Ronell | |||
Chad & Jeremy singles chronology | ||||
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One account of the inspiration for the song is that, during her time at Radcliffe College, Ronell "had been struck by the loveliness of the willow trees on campus, and this simple observation became the subject of an intricate song."[2]
The song was rejected by publishers for several reasons. First, the song is dedicated to George Gershwin. A dedication to another writer was disapproved of at the time, so the first person presented with the song for publication, Saul Bornstein, passed it to Irving Berlin, who accepted it. Other reasons stated for its slow acceptance are that it was written by a woman and that its construction was unusually complex for a composition that was targeted at a commercial audience (i.e., radio broadcast, record sales and sheet music sales).[1] An implied tempo change in the fifth bar, a result of a switch from the two eighth notes and an eighth-note triplet opening in each of the first four bars to just four eighth notes opening the fifth, then back to two eighth notes and an eighth-note triplet opening the sixth bar, which then has a more offset longer note than any of the previous bars, was one cause of Bornstein's concern.[1][3]