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| Instrument: |
Medium Voice
Piano, Vocal, Guitar Classical Guitar |
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| Genre: |
Broadway
Standards Comedy 20th Century |
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Collection / Songbook
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The Comedy Songs of George & Ira Gershwin. (Piano/Vocal/Chords). By George Gershwin (1898-1937) and Ira Gershwin. For piano, voice, and guitar (chords only). This edition: Piano/Vocal/Chords. Artist/Personality; Masterworks; Personality Book; Piano/Vocal/Chords. 20th Century; Broadway; Masterwork Arrangement. Book. 116 pages. Published by Alfred Music Publishing (AP.PFM0037).
ISBN 0757901344. 20th Century; Broadway; Masterwork Arrangement.
George and Ira Gershwin wrote many of the best-known Broadway standards of our time. This book focuses on some of their best comedic work, which helped to define the characters as well as the story lines of many of their greatest shows. Titles include: The Babbitt and the Bromide * Could You Use Me * I Won't Say I Will, but I Won't Say I Won't * I'm a Poached Egg * Just Another Rhumba * Mischa, Jascha, Tascha, Sascha * Stiff Upper Lip * Union Square and many more.
Location: from Alberta, Canada
Difficulty Level:
Not sure
November 7, 2011
What a fun book!
I, too, bought this book to get "Blah Blah Blah". It turns out, there's lots of other material in here (much of it that's not performed often so it will be fresh and new for your audience and for you) that makes it a really worthwhile purchase.
5 of 10 people found this review helpful.
Barry Tone
Location: from Rotorua New Zealand
Difficulty Level:
Intermediate/advanced
May 9, 2008
Deceptively tricky songs
I bought this book to get the score for 'Blah Blah Blah', a parody of all the love songs you ever heard (blah blah blah the moon, blah blah blah swoon, etc). It's very funny but harder than it looks to get it right. As with all comedy, timing and...
19 of 34 people found this review helpful.