Dan Coates Complete / Advanced Piano Solos (The Professional Touch Series) [Paperback]

Dan Coates (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 29, 1999 | Series: The Professional Touch Series

Responding to popular demand, Dan Coates has compiled a complete collection of 77 great songs for all occasions, to be played by the advanced piano player. Titles include love and wedding favorites, Broadway standards, pop and country ballads, movie and TV hits, and many more. Two selections "Colors of the Wind" and "Star Wars" are included on the Royal Conservatory of Music Popular Selection List (2009 Ed.) (These arrangements were originally published in item #AF9842.)

Product Details

• Paperback: 308 pages
• Publisher: Warner Bros Pubns (November 29, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 076929264X
• ISBN-13: 978-0769292649
• Product Dimensions: 12.1 x 9 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #36,254 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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125 of 125 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Complete Song List Including Movie/Musical/TV and Composer, July 22, 2010

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Marisa (Washington State) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Dan Coates Complete / Advanced Piano Solos (The Professional Touch Series) (Paperback)

Since so many have already given comprehensive reviews, I thought a list of the songs in the book would be helpful.

Angel Eyes - Jim Brickman

Annes Theme (Anne of Green Gables) - Hagwood Hardy

Anywhere the Heart Goes (The Thorn Birds) - Henry Mancini

Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do) - Burt Bacharach et al

As Time Goes By (Casablanca) - Herman Hupfeld

Ashokan Farewell (The Civil War-Ken Burns) - Jay Ungar

Beauty and the Beast - Alan Menken

Because You Loved Me (Up Close and Personal Theme) - Diane Warren

Can You Read My Mind? (Superman Theme) - John Williams

Canon in D - Johann Pachelbel

The Colors of My Life (Barnum) - Michael Stewart

Colors of the Wind (Pocahontas) - Alan Menken

Desperado - Don Henley/Glenn Frey

A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes (Cinderella) - Mack David et al

Evergreen (A Star is Born) - Barbra Streisand

Favorite Son (The Will Rogers Follies) - Cy Coleman

Forever - Kenny Loggins/David Foster

Friends & Lovers - Paul Gordon/Jay Gruska

From a Distance - Julie Gold

The Greatest Love of All (The Greatest) - Linda Creed/Michael Masser

Happy Birthday to You! - Mildred and Patty Hill

Heart (Damn Yankees) - Richard Adler/Jerry Ross

Hey There (The Pajama Game) - Richard Adler/Jerry Ross

The Homecoming - Hagood Hardy

How Could I Ever Know? (The Secret Garden) - Lucy Simon

How Do I Live? - Diane Warren

How Do You Keep the Music Playing? (Best Friends) - Michel LeGrand

I Believe I Can Fly - R Kelly

I can Love You Like That - Steve Diamond et al

Everything I Do I Do it For You - Bryan Adams et al

I Don't Want to Miss a Thing (Armageddon) - Diane Warren

I Say A Little Prayer - Burt Bacharach

I Swear - Gary Baker/Frank Myers

I WIll Always Love You - Dolly Parton

If My Friends Could See Me Now! (Sweet Charity) - Cy Coleman

If You Believe - Jim Brickman

In This Life - Mike Reid/Allen Shamblin

Karen's Theme - Richard Carpenter

Kei's Song - David Benoit

La Vie En Rose - Louiguy/Edith Piaf

Love and Marriage (Married with Children) - James Van Heusen

Love Solo - Dan Coates

May You Always - Larry Markes/Dick Charles

Miss Celie's Blues (The Color Purple) - Quincy Jones/Rod Temperton

Misty - Erroll Garner

My One True Friend (One True Thing) - Carole Bayer Sager et al

My Unknown Someone (The Will Rogers Follies) - Cy Coleman

Noelle's Theme (The Other Side of Midnight) - Michel LeGrand

Oh! What It Seemed to Be - Bennie Benjamin et al

Once Before I Go - Peter Allen/Dean Pitchford

One Moment in Time - Albert Hammond/John Bettis

Open Arms - Steve Perry/Jonathan Cain

Over the Rainbow (The Wizard of Oz) - Harold Arlen

The Prayer - Carole Bayer Sager/David Foster

Ragtime - Steven Flaherty

The Rose (The Rose) - Amanda McBroom

Saving All My Love for You - Michael Masser

Send in the Clowns - Stephen Sondheim

Separate Lives (White Nights Theme) - Stephen Bishop

She Loves Me (She Loves Me) - Jerry Bock

Suicide is Painless (M*A*S*H) - Mike Altman/Johnny Mandel

Star Wars Main Theme - John Williams

Summer Me, Winter Me (Picasso Summer) - Michel LeGrand

Tears in Heaven - Will Jennings/Eric Clapton

Tell Him - Linda Thompson et al

That's What Friends Are For - Carole Bayer Sager/Burt Bacharach

Through The Eyes of Love (Ice Castles) - Marvin Hamlisch

New York New York Theme - John Kander

Time to Say Goodbye - Francesco Sarori

Tonight I Celebrate My Love - Michael Masser/Gerry Goffin

UnBreak My Heart - Diane Warren

Up Where We Belong (An Officer and a Gentleman) - Jack Nitzsche et al

Valentine - Jim Brickman/Jack Kugell

We've Got Tonight - Bob Seger

What's New? - Bob Haggart

The Wind Beneath My Wings (Beaches) - Larry Henley/Jeff Silbar

You Can Always Count on Me (Musical City of Angels) - Cy Coleman

122 of 124 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful But Challenging, January 2, 2005

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This book contains some of the most beautiful arrangements of popular music I have ever heard. Many of the pieces were unfamiliar to me when I bought the book, and others were songs I didn't particularly like. But Coates's arrangements are so beautiful that I love almost all of these songs now. This book is honestly titled: it is for advanced players. This does not mean that it is Rachmaninoff, but most pianists will find it challenging. Determined intermediate pianists can reasonably expect to memorize, play, and enjoy many of these pieces...but it will take some serious practice. Many of the arrangements make extensive use of the keyboard's higher registers -- where many pianists have limited experience. And some songs contain multi-measure passages where 3 are played against 2. Large leaps are common (including in some arpeggiated chords), as are chords with 6 or more notes. The book is well bound (so that it lays fairly flat), and the printing is generally clear and well formatted. Most of the pieces are 3 to 5 pages long. These pieces are worth the extra effort they require, and once the skills are learned, they'll be available forever.

60 of 63 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Professional Arrangements!, January 22, 2001

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john schwemmer (Ellington, CT) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dan Coates Complete / Advanced Piano Solos (The Professional Touch Series) (Paperback)

This book contains the most satisfying piano arrangements of popular music that I am aware of. This is a gem in a vast sea of mediocre sheet music. Much if not most of the sheet music available has lifeless harmonization. When performing the typical arrangement, the performer strains to imagine the beauty of the original recording but realizes the voices, instruments and percussion are all missing. With all this missing the song has no soul and hence no reason to be performed.

The solos of this Dan Coates edition tower above all of the other popular edition books I own. Coates' arrangements allow the pianist to perform as a soloist. Rather than following the harmony of the original recordings like a drone, Coates' skillfully harmonizes and tailors these songs to beauty of the piano.

These songs are a joy to perform. Anyone who buys this book will have opportunity to sound like a professional.