The Library Of Showtunes is a treasury of the greatest songs from the world’s best-loved musical shows. This collector’s volume spans over 85 years of Broadway and West End musicals, giving you a vast number of the greatest showstoppers, all arranged for Piano, Vocal and Guitar.
From pioneering classics like Guys And Dolls, Oklahoma! and Sweet Charity to modern favourites like The Phantom Of The Opera, Wicked and The Lion King, every kind of musical show is represented by what are universally hailed as the finest songs of the genre. Every one of these amazing songs is arranged with Piano parts, vocal melody and Guitar chord boxes and symbols, as well as being spiral bound for utmost convenience.
Taken together, the songs included in The Library Of Showtunes comprise nothing less than the history of the stage musical told through outstanding numbers that often became hits in their own right as well as advancing the wonderfully colourful stories told on stage. From Summertime to Over The Rainbow and from Can You Feel The Love Tonight to I Dreamed A Dream, these incredible tunes are essential playing for all fans of musical theatre.
The stage musical was born on Broadway in the early years of the 20th century as a drama where the story and the music complemented one another. No longer just a series of songs linked by a flimsy plot, these new musicals had substance. Early classics like Show Boat and Carousel were not afraid to use tough source material and they led the way for what would become a wildly popular art form that could tackle any subject and, in the end, be conceived just as successfully in Europe as the United States.
Celebrating the passion, emotion and dramatic power of the stage musical, The Library Of Showtunes is both a joyful celebration and an enduring reference book, allowing you to bring the power and beauty of the stage song into your own home. This sheet music songbook contains Piano, Vocal and Guitar arrangements of all the essential stage music songs in a large single volume, putting the greatest showtunes ever in one place.
Six original compositions for solo piano, by Michael Nyman, from the award winning film by Jane Campion.
English composer Michael Nyman has developed into one of the most popular, if not important, composers of film music, and his film score for the 1992 film the Piano is without doubt the most famous and familiar of his compositions. The tone of Campion’s film is perfectly emphasised by Nyman’s style and though much here is beautiful and rich, it is a haunting and foreboding sound picture that reflects the greys of sea, sky and spirit.
An ideal collection for a student preparing for exams and/or looking for performance repertoire after 3-4 years of study.
The books in this collection present literature appropriate for recitals or contests, in three distinct difficulty levels: Easy to intermediate; Intermediate; intermediate to advanced. Historical information is included on each piece, and each volume includes a companion CD featuring performances and Piano accompaniments recorded by Mark Niehaus, Principal Trumpet of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra and pianist Laura Ward.
It Was A Lover And His Lass [Morley, Thomas]
Minuet (L'Allegro, Il Penseroso Ed Il Moderato) [Handel, George Frideric]
Minuet (Music For The Royal Fireworks) [Handel, George Frideric]
Orfeo's Lament (Orfeo Ed Euridice) [Gluck, Christoph Willibald]
Polovetzian Dance (Prince Igor) [Borodin, Alexander]
Sheep May Safely Graze [Bach, Johann Sebastian]
Siciliana (L'Allegro, Il Penseroso Ed Il Moderato) [Handel, George Frideric]
The Daisies [Barber, Samuel]
The Pirate King (The Pirates Of Penzance) [Sullivan, Arthur]
To A Wild Rose (Woodland Sketches Op.51) [Macdowell, Edward]
Trumpet Tune [Purcell, Henry]
Trumpet Voluntary [Clarke, Jeremiah]