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Ragtime, the Musical (Vocal Selections): Piano/Vocal/Chords

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I had an urge to play some Ragtime tunes on my piano, so I bought this book and began to play. It has the vocal selections along with the sheet music. I find that the sheet music consists of many many chords, making it more difficult, but it's still great fun to play and sing! Great for auditions!

Ragtime has awesome music, and though not all of the best songs are in this, most of them are. My favorite song from Ragtime is Wheels of a Dream, and I was SO happy to see it in here.

One thing I enjoyed about the Ragtime music book was that it wasn't chopped up. When I say that, I mean from experience with other piano books. Many books with chop up the song like from movies for instance. The songs are translated and arranged horribly, but I loved that since a lot of the music from the musical was in piano solo, the music plays EXACTLY the same as you would've heard on Broadway!

Overall, each song is wonderful and this music is an absolute delight to play! Enjoy!

This book is put together great and has a great selection of songs from the show. Most show books like this have the treble focusing on the melody, but here there are some nice piano parts that are all harmonies and accomapaniments

I'm an avid musician, and I adore books of showtunes like this. Many times, musicals contain great duets or chorus songs. But the books you buy only contain a melody line, no harmony. This book not only contains both lines in all the duets, but has a few six part lines, making it wonderful for any musician. A great buy.

I think the songs chosen to represent this book were excellent, however, my two favorite songs in the show: "The Night that Goldman Spoke at Union Square" and "Atlantic City" are two songs which strongly express the musical's powerful vocal potential. Not only do I know several people who would like to get their hands on this sheet music, but I myself have been racking my brain for those two songs inparticular, and was disapointed to find they were missing form this book.

I love this book and have used it many times for auditions/concerts etc. However, one of my most favorite selections from the Original 1996 Toronto recording is the song between Nesbit and Houdini called "The Show Biz". Besides being hilarious, it's the perfect duet to open a concert with. I was extremely disappointed to find that this book didn't include that song. Does anyone know where that sheet music can be found?

Over 1 million copies have been sold. This has to be one of the greatest songbooks from broadway ever.

I didnt buy it, but i was reading up there, and It doesnt have Back to before! I love that song! That and the prologue ae my favorite songs! I cant believe they dont have that!