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Chattanooga Choo Choo/Moonlight Serenade

Composer:	Miscellaneous	Suppliers:	(PR.UE030487)
Editor:	Heidi Brunner	Quartet:	Descant/Treble/Tenor/Bass
Publisher:	Universal Edition	Publication:	UE 30487

"Chattanooga Choo Choo/Moonlight Serenade", is an albums which I purchased in January 1997 intended to be played by Blue Tuesday. It has as you have already guessed just two pieces namely:
Chattanooga Choo Choo and Moonlight Serenade.

Chattanooga Choo Choo, composed by Harry Warren  (1893-1981), arr.: Heidi Brunner
Quartet: Descant/Treble/Tenor/Bass

Before coming across this arrangement of "Chattanooga Choo Choo", I always associated it with the close-harmony singing of the Andrews Sisters who I no doubt first heard on radio at the end of the 1940's. This is a light-hearted arrangement well-suited to beginners and even experienced players can have a lot of fun with it. For me, as a bass player, the work is marked by an onomatopoeic passage (say that when you've had one pint too many) which brings the "Choo-Choo" bit very much to life on the bass line.
"Chattanooga Choo Choo" has been played by both Blue Tuesday and The Bremen Recorder Touring Company. It was one of Sybelle Wolf's favourites and she played it particularly well when performing at Ceilidh 2000.

Moonlight Serenade, composed by Glenn Miller  (1904-1944), arr.: Heidi Brunner
Quartet: Descant/Treble/Tenor/Bass

Before coming across this arrangement of "Moonlight Serenade", I always associated this work with the unforgettable Glenn Miller who I no doubt first heard on radio at the end of the 1940's. This is a delightful piece of mood music well-suited to beginners and as such was much played in Blue Monday by the less-gifted members.