Autumn Leaves - Kosma/Prevert/arr. Peter Kleine Schaars

The immortal French song ’Les Feuilles Mortes’ (Autumn Leaves) was composed by Joseph Kosma on a text by Jacques Prévert. Kosma worked with Berthold Brecht, Kurt Weil and Hans Eisler in Berlin before he settled in Paris. Together with the poet and scriptwriter Jacques Prévert (1900-1977) he composed some eighty songs. It was singer Yves Montand (1921-1991) who performed ’Autumn Leaves’ for the first time in 1955 and it soon became extremely popular. It is one of the 30 most popular songs of the 20th century. For more information: