Complete Works for Solo Piano (Alfred's Masterwork Editions) [Paperback]

Gershwin (Author), George (Author), Maurice Hinson (Editor)

Book Description

Series: Alfred's Masterwork Editions | Publication Date: November 1, 2008

Editor Maurice Hinson has compiled this outstanding collection of George Gershwin's complete works for solo piano. Includes performance notes and helpful editorial pedal and fingering suggestions to aid in achieving a stylistic performance. Titles: Clap Yo Hands
* Do-Do-Do
* Do It Again
* Fascinating Rhythm
* I Got Rhythm
* Ill Build a Stairway to Paradise
* Jasbo Brown Blues
* Liza (All the Cloudsll Roll Away)
* The Man I Love
* Merry Andrew
* My One and Only
* Nobody but You
* Oh, Lady Be Good
* Prelude I
* Prelude II (Blue Lullaby)
* Prelude III (Spanish Prelude)
* Prelude (Novelette in Fourths)
* Prelude (Rubato)
* Prelude (Melody No. 17)
* Prelude (Fragment)
* Promenade
* Rhapsody in Blue (for Solo Piano)
* Rialto Ripples
* Somebody Loves Me
* Strike Up the Band
* Swanee
* Sweet and Low Down
* Swiss Miss
* S Wonderful
* That Certain Feeling
* Three-Quarter Blues
* Two Waltzes in C
* Who Cares? (So Long As You Care for Me).

Product Details

• Paperback: 136 pages
• Publisher: Alfred Publishing (November 1, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0739057219
• ISBN-13: 978-0739057216
• Product Dimensions: 11.7 x 9.1 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #242,901 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Gershwin's music at its finest, January 24, 2011

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Of all the Gershwin books out there this one possibly contains the most quality arrangements for the price. It not only contains the full piano solo version of Rhapsody in blue, which takes up over 20 pages, but also his early classics like Swanee, Sweet and Low Down, and Novelette in Fourths. It contains a good chunk of his early piano solo works like I Got Rhythm variations but it also does leave out some of his most famous works like An American in Paris, which is another piece that takes up over 20 pages typically, and his Bessie and Porg songs are left out. Still, for the price it does contain the all famous Rhapsody in Blue in its most popular arrangement style and a lot of his other classics, more than most other Gershwin books.

5.0 out of 5 stars Oh what a lovely selection, May 3, 2011

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Gary L. Roach (Long Beach CA) - See all my reviews
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I guess the title of this review says it all. The usual quality for this type of manual. Is should stand up to moderate use for quite a few years.

5.0 out of 5 stars All the good stuffS!, April 25, 2011

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Alan Montgomery "Opera lover" (Oberlin, Oh USA) - See all my reviews
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Here is all the good solo music by Gershwin. A lot of it is hard, too. Here is the solo version or Rhapsody in Blue. Not only the 3 preludes are here, but others that were originally intended as part of that grouping. The song arrangements (The George Gershwin Songbook). Even some incomplete compositions are here. Don't think these are for the average home pianist. These were for George himself, and he had honed his pianistic abilities to the best. But to have this music in one volume is a treat for anyone.