Oscar Peterson

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Description

Oscar Peterson
Autograph music manuscript for 'If You Should Care'
Paper, music sheets

one page of musical notation (297 x 210mm.) comprising 16 bars for piano with added chords, together with 1 page of lyrics (297 x 209mm.) both in the hand of Oscar Peterson, the second page on headed stationary from ‘Grand Hotel Continental’ in Munich, the two sheets stapled together in the upper left corner, c.1985

Catalogue Note

This is the lead sheet handwritten by the composer. Kelly Peterson, the widow of the distinguished jazz pianist, notes that "this song was composed while Oscar Peterson was on a tour of Europe, written in his hotel room late at night, as he relaxed after his concert."

This is one of an exceptionally small number of songs for which Oscar Peterson wrote both music and lyrics.