“Autumn Leaves” is credited to Joseph Kosma as composer and Jacques Prévert as lyricist. Kosma wrote the music and Prévert wrote the words, defining the song’s separate musical and lyrical authorship. Joseph Kosma is identified as the original performer.
An original recording is credited to Joseph Kosma and Jacques Prévert and is dated 1988. The recording credit associates both the composer and lyricist with that version, while Kosma is specifically named as its original performer. No album, single release, reception, chart performance, genre, key, tempo, formal structure, harmonic details, or later recordings are specified.
