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Re-published to perfection!, June 27, 1998
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This review is from: Into the Woods (Vocal Score) (Paperback)
"Into the Woods," originally produced on broadway over a decade ago, has recently been revived with the re-printing of the vocal score and instrumental parts. Using sophisticated software (Finale) the publisher has made the score easier to read, has added instrumental cues, and has made the print larger. The wonderful music of Stephen Sondheim from "Into the Woods," is much more accessable. (The purchase of the book does not give the buyer permission to perform the play!)This edition is very good -- hundreds of times better than the old one!
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22 of 24 people found the following review helpful:
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Sure it's expensive, but you pay for what you get, January 7, 2004
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This review is from: Into the Woods (Vocal Score) (Paperback)
This book is not for the intermediate pianist who wants to find some new music to play for the family at the family reunion. Not unless you've got a whole bunch of singers who want to join in...
This book contains ALL the music, compressed into one unit for the piano, and is the ultimate book for a piano accompanist- say in rehersal or such. Here lies the reason it costs so much: the market for this book is the amateur or even semi-professional theatre groups perfoming this show.
As this type of piano book, it's incredible. Every bit of music found in the musical is in the book, from underscoring to... well, you name it. And while it's fun to go through the book and learn the pieces, and say "hey, it sounds just like the recording!" it won't be much fun for anyone else to listen to unless you've got a singer (I'm learning to sing just so I can flush out my playing). Which, of course, is the whole point of the book.
Great music (Sondheim, of course), sounds great, and is perfect for accompanying a vocalist. Just make sure this is what you want.
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Into the Woods Full Score, February 19, 2009
This review is from: Into the Woods (Vocal Score) (Paperback)
This is such beautiful music that Sondheim has written. I just wish that all of the spoken text, and music could all be together somewhere. It's so difficult, and somewhat frustrating trying to go back and forth between the book of dialogue, and then back to the music. I'm a musician that needs to see the music going on underneath me, and don't like to learn my music by just listening to a recording of it. Maybe some day the two will be printed together.
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