Pippin: Complete Vocal Score [Paperback]

Stephen Schwartz (Composer)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 1988

Titles include: Magic to Do * Simple Joys * Corner of the Sky * No Time at All * Spread a Little Sunshine.

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: CPP Baldwin (July 1988)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0769204929
• ISBN-13: 978-0769204925
• Product Dimensions: 11.9 x 8.9 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #949,618 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great score - hard to read in places, June 10, 2005

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Tom (Cincinnati, OH) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Pippin: Complete Vocal Score (Paperback)

I have always loved the music from Pippin. For a long time the full score was not available for purchase, so it is nice to have it in print. My reason for giving 4 stars is that the score is published in manuscript form. In this age of computer generated musical scores that look perfect, we shouldn't have to try and decipher notes due to a handwritten manuscript score.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Pippin Vocal/Conductor Score -- Insight Into Working Music, May 2, 2008

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Erich W. Einfalt (San Diego, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Pippin: Complete Vocal Score (Paperback)

The "Pippin" Vocal/Conductor score, in manuscript, offers an excellent insight into working music, that is, music prepared for live stage performance. The instrumental portion of the score, condensed into basically a heavily annotated piano score, provides a quick glimpse into the essence of the music without getting bogged down in the details of a specific orchestration. This was especially useful for me because a theatre group with which I am associated wants to do "Pippin" with a more contemporary sound. Having this balance between the big-picture and crucial detail is invaluable for that. However, I don't know that I would actually want to conduct a live performance with this publication only because its reduced size (relative to commercially rented full performance scores) makes some things difficult to see especially with the limited light of the orchestra pit and the solid block back binding makes page navigation a bit more challenging. But this publication is proving to be an extremely helpful tool for building new arrangements while keeping a sense of familiarity. I would that more Broadway musicals were published in this format.