Product Description

This special matching folio to the 1998 Broadway revival of this beloved classic includes: Climb Ev'ry Mountain * Do-Re-Mi * Edelweiss * The Lonely Goatherd * Maria * My Favorite Things * Sixteen Going on Seventeen * So Long, Farewell * and The Sound of Music, plus two songs from the movie version (I Have Confidence * Something Good). Also features beautiful color photos from the revival production, and background information on the show.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2246398 in Books
• Published on: 1998-11-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 72 pages

Customer Reviews

No Lyrics!
Be forewarned....while a perfectly good easy piano book, it has no lyrics so you can't sing along if you don't already know all the words!

Complete vocal score to the theatrical version
This is the complete vocal score to Rodgers and Hammerstein's "Sound of Music." It contains all the vocal lines and underscoring from the theatrical-not the movie-version of the show. It's not ALL that different, but there are a few songs that were cut from the movie which are included here. Conversely, there are a few songs from the movie version which were not in the original stage version that are not included here. Other minor discrepancies between the two productions include the ordering of the songs "Climb Every Mountain," "Do-Re-Mi," and "My Favorite Things."

That being said, the actual score is the typical piano-reduction score as used by most musical productions. A complete list of characters is provided, though there is no discussion of their vocal ranges. A breakdown of the original orchestrations by Robert Russell Bennett is also included, as is a synopsis of scenes and a complete index of musical numbers. Instrumental cues are included throughout the score.

disappointing...
This book is only "piano solo selections", it's written on the cover itself, only Amazon's "Look inside" hides it.

No lyrics, and no other instruments except the piano.
If piano is all you need, this one's for you. If you need more, stay away from this book.