Customer Reviews for Too Marvelous for Words: The Magic of Johnny Mercer
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Robert Chukinas
Location: from South Bend Indiana
Difficulty Level:
Intermediate
November 11, 2008
Laura, but your only a Dream
Great collection of Mercer's best. Nice piano arrangements. Does have guitar cords. Found addapting to violin more complicated. How could you not like this songbook. Thanks Johnny for all your great music. Worh the price, buy it
17 of 31 people found this review helpful.
Anonymous
Location: from
Difficulty Level:
Intermediate
March 13, 2008
Fantastic assest for any Mercer fan.
A great collection on Johnny Mercer's work. Well wrtten and easily playable,
13 of 29 people found this review helpful.
Anonymous
Location: from new jersey usa
Difficulty Level:
Intermediate
February 25, 2008
Great Music Book for the Johnny Mercer Fan
Johnny Mercer was one of America's great lyricists and songwriters, and this book includes almost all of his most popular songs
12 of 26 people found this review helpful.
Robert McKinney
Location: from Virginia
Difficulty Level:
Intermediate/advanced
June 15, 2007
Not for rank beginners
I have been playing an "easy" version of Midnight Sun and wanted to try the "adult" version. It was quite a bit harder, but something to strive to master! This is the real stuff. The only problem is that the printing is fairly sloppy, looks like somebody used very old and worn-out printing plates on about half the pieces. It's still very readable, but blurry in places and, as a bifocals wearer and a relatively new piano player this doesn't help my reading a bit!
13 of 27 people found this review helpful.
Carol
Location: from Dundee, OR
Difficulty Level:
Intermediate
March 31, 2007
Witty Classics from a Master
This collection will demonstrate why Johnny Mercer reigns as one of the greats from the classic songwriting era. Whether on his own ("Dream," "G.I. Jive") or with his many collaborators, Mercer set an unmatched standard for wit and grace with his lyrics. I'm familiar with and already had most of the tunes featured in this book, but it was a worthwhile purchase for me since it provided a few I hadn't been able to find elsewhere, such as "Jamboree Jones," "Pardon My Southern Accent" and "Mandy Is Two." Most of the collection provides a good range of perennials with music by such greats as Harry Warren, Hoagy Carmichael, Harold Arlen and Henry Mancini. The tunes seem to be printed in roughly chronological sequence and would be a fine introduction for Johnny Mercer novices.
11 of 28 people found this review helpful.