Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #314549 in Books
• Published on: 2005-12-01
• Released on: 2005-12-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 258 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9781423400240
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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Customer Reviews

A great book to have for Music Theater fans!
Hi!

I got this book from Amazon.com a few weeks ago and it is great.

It includes songs from classic Broadway shows -familiar shows and others not very known- and more recent plays, such as Spamalot, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Wicked and Urinetown.

The print format is very spacey and the songs are quite accurate. Occasionally I've found little differences between the recorded tracks I own and whats written in the book, but I'm talking about one-two notes top.

The book includes and introduction clearing a lot of things, which is worth reading, and an appendix about all the shows included with usefull information (authors, directors, number of performances, premiere dates, as well as a context paragraph with the show's story line, so you can know what the songs included are about).

I love this book. And I will keep on buying this series.

Two things I want to clear that were a bit confusing for me when I bought it:

1. This book is just the sheet music. It does not include any CD or audio tape.

2. The list of songs is the one mentioned in the first reviews listed. I know there's a review for another book with the same song list, but those are the songs for this book. (This was hughely confusing for me when I first bought this).

Just in case, I'm re-copying the list of the song included in this volume (Singer's Musical Theater Anthology, Volume 4, Mezzo-Soprano/belter, Blue Cover), so no one else gets confused.

AIDA: The past is another land

I know the truth



ANNIE GET YOUR GUN: I got lost in his arms



ASPECTS OF LOVE: Anything buy Lonely



AVENUE Q: There's a fine, fine line



THE BEAUTIFUL GAME: Our kind of love



BELLS ARE RINGING: I'm going back



THE BEST LITTLE WHOREHOUSE IN TEXAS: Hard Candy Christmas



THE BOY FROM OZ: Don't cry out loud



CHESS: Heaven help my heart



CHICAGO: Nowadays

Roxie



A CHORUS LINE: The Music and the Mirror



ELEGIES FOR ANGELS, PUNKS, AND RAGING QUEENS: Angels, Punks and Raging Queens



FOLLIES: I'm still here



THE FULL MONTY: Life with Harold



GRAND HOTEL: I want to go to Hollywood



GREASE: There are worse things I could do



HAIRSPRAY: I can hear the bells

Miss Baltimore Crabs



I LOVE YOU, YOU'RE PERFECT, NOW CHANGE: I will be loved tonight



JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR: I don't know how to love him



THE LAST FIVE YEARS: Still hurting

See I'm Smiling



THE LION KING: Shadowland



SPAMALOT: Whatever happened to my part?



THE PRODUCERS: When you got it, flaunt it



SONGS FOR NEW WORLD: Just one step



A STAR IS BORN: The man that got away



THOROUGHLY MODERN Millie: Gimme gimme



WICKED: Popular

I'm not that girl

The wizard and I



THE WILD PARTY: Look at me now

How did we come to this?



WISH YOU WERE HERE: Shopping around



WONDERFUL TOWN: One hundred easy ways



(Show titles are in CAPITAL LETTERS and songs follow).



Best of luck!

Great Addition to the repertoire collection
This book is an important addition to any mezzo's musical theater collection. Some may say that this volume is a bit heavy with the number of contemporary pieces, but I feel it picks up where the previous volumes have left off. Includes work by JRB, Marc Shiman, and pieces from Lippa's production of "The Wild Party". Of course the mega-musical of the decade, Wicked, is represented, though the show's most memorable piece "Defying Gravity" is not included. The book is, as is the case with most of the volumes, rather ballade heavy. Good up-tempos are few and far between, and many of those that are included are a overdone (i.e. Wicked's "Popular").

But, despite a few short-comings, overall this volume is a must-have for anyone looking to beef up their contemporary repertoire.

Clarification
Just to clarify, each of these volumes is for a different voice type. They are in original show keys, and come in volumes for Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano/Belter, Tenor or Baritone/Bass. The song list is completely different for each volume and each voice type.

Some of the reviews, and the Amazon listings themselves, don't make this clear. In fact, the song list posted below is for the Mezzo/Belter Volume 4, not the Soprano Volume 4.

Click on the "larger view" button to know which volume you're looking at.