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The Broadway Song Companion

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This is an incredible book - organized by show, voice and song type. It includes the exact range of each song in each show, which is incredibly helpful for those of us who don't have the range that we'd like. The only thing I could find wrong with it is that it categorizes the songs by the voice type of the actor who originated the role, not necessarily by the range of the song itself (a song originally sung by a tenor is listed as a tenor song, even if it's in a baritone range). Other than that, it's amazing, and the most useful book I've found for musical theatre performers.

This book is a fantastic resource for anyone interested in Musical Theatre. I use it to find solos, duets and ensemble musical theatre pieces for my students. Each song is listed by voice type and by show. In addition, the vocal range is included next to each song. This is the best [money] I've spent this year!

What an amazing idea for a book. If only the author had enough intelligence to actually learn what a musical was or perhaps look at at least one score before charging us forty dollars. For example, Audrey II, in "Little Shop of Horrors", is clearly a Bass yet we are told HE is a Soprano. The last song that Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II ever wrote together was "Edelweiss". However Mr. Devenney does not feel it necessary to include it with the other songs in "Sound of Music". Perhaps he needed room for "Cable hears Bali Ha'i" in "South Pacific", which is kind of funny because the song does not exist. We can chalk a few mistakes up to the editors... let's say 1...2...maybe even 3 but just based on a simple cover to cover reading, there were..... drumroll ......................47.