Product Description

Contains the best-known songs from this Broadway musical comedy. Titles are: Good Thing Going Not a Day Goes By Our Time The Hills of Tommorow Merrily We Roll Along Old Friends Like It Was Honey.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #170815 in Books
• Published on: 1998-05
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 44 pages

Customer Reviews

This is all we have, folks. Enjoy it.
The vocal selections of any Sondheim show tend to be a tease until the full vocal score is published. Sadly, the full score for "Merrily We Roll Along" is no longer in print, (and how I wish I could remember to whom I lent my copy as I would get it back,) but we have to settle for the music that is here and let "Bobby and Jackie and Jack" and "Franklin Shephard Inc" come out of our hands by memory. "Not a Day Goes By" is one of the most brilliant pieces of irony ever written and this book gives you both versions. The finale: "Our Time" which is a remarkable tribute soing and wonderful for any graduation or special occasion, exists on page in this book without giving away it's secret. Nor will I. Ignorance is bliss. Buy the book. Use it as you will and enjoy it.

Great music
My only complaint is that the melody is often imposed on the piano part. Sondheim's music for this play is beautiful and driven by his chords. To make it playable with the melody, they had to remove some of the notes. My suggestion: buy it and let the singer sing the melody.

Magnificent Music
It is a pleasure to see the music of Stephen Sondheim. He wrote his best music for this show. Just the showstoppers "Being alive" or "Side by side by side" are worth to buy this book. Sondheim makes love with his music and his lyrics. And he is a great lover.