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Piano Playbook: Musical Showstoppers


Cover for Piano Playbook Musical Showstoppers
Media Type: Book [Softcover]
Media/Arrangement: Piano
Category: Piano and Keyboard
Published By: Wise Publications
Item Code: AM1006731


Product Description:

This Musical Showstoppers edition of the brilliant Piano Playbook series offers excellent new arrangements of 35 of the greatest, most enduring showstoppers from the biggest musicals of all time. All tunes are arranged for solo Piano, including vocal melody and chord symbols so you can stop your very own shows with these powerfully perennial numbers. Certain songs from certain musicals have that winning combination of emotion, melody and a cracking singer that elevates the tune into the upper echelons of the show itself. These songs are the ones that everyone remembers, the ones that effectively stop the show, and this Piano Playbook  collects the best of these Musical Showstoppers  so that you, too, can relive those moments that send shivers up your spine. Songs like I Dreamed A Dream from 'Les Misérables,'  Can You Feel The Love Tonight  from 'The Lion King' and Defying Gravity from 'Wicked.' Each of the tunes in this  Musical Showstoppers songbook perfectly encapsulates what the show itself is about, this is why they are so well-loved. You'll be able to play Dancing Queen, Cabaret, A Whole New World and Singin' In The Rain on the Piano, among many others. You can take as your inspiration for learning from this show tunes sheet music the many incredible singerswho originally performed such songs and the composers who wrote them. Each song has been beautifully arranged, allowing you to recapture the quintessence of the musicals that you love and the songs to which you keep coming back. This selection has been chosen to reflect a number of moods and has been produced to the highest standards, in a handy format that combines convenience with durability. The spiral binding ensures that the Playbook sits flat on a piano or other music stand, while the crisp engraving is a pleasure to read from. So if you love musicals, adore accomplished songwriting, or just want some classics to add to your repertoire, the Piano Playbook.

Series: Piano Playbook
Genre: TV-Film-Musical-Show
Language: English
Pages: 192
Publisher: Wise Publications
First published: 2015
ISBN: 9781783051359


Contents/Songlist:

1) 42Nd Street (From 42Nd Street)
2) A Whole New World (Aladdin)
3) Aquarius (Hair)
4) Being Alive (Company)
5) Can You Feel The Love Tonight (The Lion King)
6) Can’t Take My Eyes Off You (Jersey Boys)
7) Consider Yourself (Oliver!)
8) Dancing Queen (Mamma Mia!)
9) Defying Gravity (Wicked)
10) Electricity (Billy Elliot)
11) Footloose (Footloose)
12) Hopelessly Devoted To You (Grease)
13) Hushabye Mountain (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang)
14) I Don’t Know How To Love Him (Jesus Christ Superstar)
15) I Dreamed A Dream (Les Miserables)
16) I Know Him So Well (Chess)
17) If My Friends Could See Me Now (Sweet Charity)
18) Losing My Mind (Follies)
19) My Favourite Things (The Sound Of Music)
20) Oh, What A Beautiful Mornin’ (Oklahoma!)
21) Ol’ Man River (Showboat)
22) Over The Rainbow (The Wizard Of Oz)
23) Part Of Your World (Little Mermaid)
24) Pretty Women (Sweeney Todd)
25) Pure Imagination (Charlie And The Chocolate Factory)
26) Singin’ In The Rain (Singin’ In The Rain)
27) Smoke Gets In Your Eyes (Roberta)
28) Superstar (Jesus Christ Superstar)
29) Take That Look Off Your Face (Tell Me On A Sunday)
30) The Last Night Of The World (Miss Saigon)
31) The Music Of The Night (Phantom Of The Opera)
32) There’s No Business Like Show Business (Annie Get Your Gun)
33) Top Hat, White Tie And Tails (Top Hat)
34) When I Grow Up (Matilda)
 

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