Cats: Vocal Selections [Paperback]

Andrew Lloyd Webber (Composer)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1, 1983

This outstanding collection features ten top songs from Andrew Lloyd Webber's beloved musical: The Ad-dressing of Cats * Bustopher Jones: The Cat About Town * Gus: The Theatre Cat * Jellicle Songs for Jellicle Cats * The Journey to the Heavyside Layer * Memory * Mr. Mistoffelees * Old Deuteronomy * The Old Gumbie Cat * Skimbleshanks: The Railway.

Product Details

Sample Music Notation [24kb PDF]

• Paperback: 80 pages
• Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation (September 1, 1983)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0881884472
• ISBN-13: 978-0881884470
• Product Dimensions: 12 x 9 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #573,927 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Vocals means vocals.., January 19, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Cats: Vocal Selections (Paperback)

The Vocal Selections from CATS, is just that, a ten song selection of the "vocals" from this great play. Unfortunately, the music included is only for piano and guitar. The CD released in 1982 of twenty-one selections, gives the listener a "complete" sound for the play now on video. One of the problems with the materials available from the play are the differing versions. A veiwer of "just the video" may get the impression that this "is" the play. When looking at the book, "CATS (The Book of the Musical), then comparing to this vocal selections and the video it becomes clear of the differing versions of CATS. It is important that the reader of this book is aware of this fact. As a teacher, many of my students who look at these differing versions get confused by the character, costuming, and musical changes. This "Vocal Selections" however does give someone the ability to see many of the words of the most popular songs from the play and have a basic (piano) arrangement to accompany the work. I would recommend this book to persons wanting to prepare a solo performance and groups doing tributes to the show CATS. Finally, the book is a good value for the price and has some nice photographs arranged with the songs of the central characters for CATS.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It's all here..., September 18, 2002

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Marc Gretencord (Lafayette, IN) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cats: Songs from the Musical (Paperback)

Okay, so I wasn't a big CATS fan. I have never seen the show, but have heard the music from CDs. I must say the music is highly addictive. And it's Andrew Lloyd Webber, so how could you go wrong? This book would be the best book for piano because it contains basically every song. But, I have to warn beginners, it can be extremly hard. Most of the songs jump around between sharps and flats, and when they do it's usually four or five at a time! It will take alot of practice to get it down. All the songs are fun to play. It's one of those books where you start at the beginning, and play every song without skipping any. Overall a great buy.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If You Love MUSIC and CATS This Is The Book For You., October 14, 2001

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Chris Mecca (Virginia, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cats: Songs from the Musical (Paperback)

Wow! I was amazed how great and useful this book was. It includes 19 songs of Cats Classics. Most every song is written just like Andrew Lloyd Webber did himself. It also includes pictures from various Cats casts through out the years. If you are a theater buff, and enjoy being up on stage, then this is a great audition book. With songs like Memory, Skimbleshanks, Gus:The Theatre Cat, Mr. Mistoffeles, and many others. It will leave you at the piano for hours playing away. When of the best things about this is that it is the COMPLETE book of songs from the musical. I highly recommend this, and I hope you will enjoys this as much as I did.