George Winston Piano Solos [Paperback]

George Winston (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1, 2007 | Series: Piano Solo

The All Music Guide says that pianist & composer George Winston is "among the earliest and most successful proponents of contemporary instrumental music." Here is the first songbook ever notating his beloved piano pieces. Winston himself chose the songs & cover art, wrote the preface, and approved every note. Features 20 of his most-requested favorites: The Black Stallion * Joy * Longing * Prelude/Carol of the Bells * Thanksgiving * Variations on the Kanon by Pachelbel * and more. Includes a biography, discography, and discussion of chords. First Fully Authorized Songbook Featuring Winston's Esteemed Compositions & Arrangements!

Product Details

• Paperback: 104 pages
• Publisher: HAL LEONARD CORPORATION; 1 edition (September 1, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1423417097
• ISBN-13: 978-1423417095
• Product Dimensions: 11.9 x 8.9 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (35 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,022 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #27 in Books > Arts & Photography > Music > Songbooks
  • #44 in Books > Arts & Photography > Music > Theory, Composition & Performance > Sheet Music & Scores > Instrumentation > Piano
  • #63 in Books > Arts & Photography > Music > Instruments & Performers

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59 of 60 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Long awaited ..., October 28, 2007

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B. Feng "bluemonkey" (Sunnyvale, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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Get ready to play like George Winston ... The description does not provide a full list of scores that are included in the book, so here are the rest of them: The Cradle, Graduation, Loreta and Desiree's Bouquet Part 1, Lullaby, New Hopes Blues, Reflection, Stevenson, Thumbelina, The Twisting of the Hay Rope, (Variations on) Bamboo, The Velveteen Rabbit, Walking in the Air, Building the Snowman, and The Snowman's Music Box Dance. In my opinion, the scores seem like they are technically accurate (i.e. unabridged). And it's going to be a wonderful challenge to make them sound artistically accurate.

46 of 47 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Love Winston but was somewhat disappointed with the transcriptions., December 7, 2008

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D. Ewer "MusicLVR" (NY, NY) - See all my reviews
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I have been a pianist for over 25 years and am currently a music educator. I was very excited to see Winston's work transcribed. Especially his work from the December album. Many of these are very accessible for the intermediate pianist with some more challenging sections in Carol of the Bells and Variations on Pachelbel's Canon. There were other great pieces included in this book but every song has it's fair share of errors, many of them just careless mistakes in the transcribing process. If you have a good ear these mistakes are quite obvious. If you don't mind the mistakes, enjoy. If you do, just be prepared to have a pencil ready to make corrections. The majority of the structure is there. I listened to the recordings with the music in front of me and made the corrections as I went along. Overall, I would recommend this book but I hope Winston is bit more discriminating in the future when choosing people to transcribe for him.

30 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Thanksgiving For Sure, October 17, 2007

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Michael Simko (Kingwood, Texas United States) - See all my reviews

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At last, George Winston publishes his arrangements of Thanksgiving, Carol of the Bells, Pachabel's Canon, some blues and lots more. You don't have to be a concert pianist to play any of these arrangements. Some of the music is "made" by the pedaling and sustaining of the notes - this is awesome if you ever wondered,"How does he get that sound?" The notation is clear and composed to the CD. This is a wonderful musical buffet of George Winston's styles and sound. Truly enjoyable. I do hope he will publish more.