Story Behind The Song

The mood probably speaks for itself, though I cannot recall the specific episode. Written on my then very new baby grand, a 1939 Wurlitzer, it wrote itself very quickly. While it was recorded digitally late in the 80's, I did not get around to its product

Song Description

Sauterne [a dry to bittersweet white wine] is perhaps the second oldest song in my catalogue, it was submitted in 1976 for a College music theory assignment to an amenably strict instructor [Williametta Spencer] who seemed to enjoy it. It is quite melanch