Customer Reviews for Wedding Processional (from The Sound of Music)
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Location: from Grand Blanc, Michigan
Difficulty Level:
Early intermediate
August 24, 2009
Almost the "real" music
Simon Couzins "transcription" of the processional is not bad; however, if you listen to the organ introduction from the movie soundtrack, you will notice a distinct difference between the track and Couzins intro--at least for the first seven/eight bars. Couzins' arrangement is his own and NOT from the original organ score heard in the movie. However, subsequent to this "ad-lib" section, the rest of the processional is similar to what one expects to hear from Richard Rogers' masterful processional.
17 of 36 people found this review helpful.
Katharine,
Location: from London, UK
Difficulty Level:
Not sure
November 9, 2008
Music for our wedding
I ordered this for our church organist to play at our wedding so I'm not sure how difficult it is to play. It sounded beautiful!
22 of 41 people found this review helpful.
Brian Larkin
Location: from Providence, RI
Difficulty Level:
Intermediate
October 1, 2008
Just like the movie
As an organist I've been asked to play this piece from time to time. The early version of it was a mish-mash arrangement that I had to rework and tack on a facsimile of the opener which was improvised for the movie. This is a decent transcription of the original and falls under the fingers very easily. It does call for an organ of some resources to achieve the effect.
21 of 40 people found this review helpful.
Ivan
Location: from Australia
Difficulty Level:
Intermediate
April 7, 2008
A faithful copy of the movie's music
Note for note, this is almost exactly what is heard in the Sound of Music as Maria walks down the aisle. It has one awkward page turn, has only four pages of music (plus front and back covers), and has what appears to be a DS al coda that doesn't actually go anywhere... it left me a bit confused. Still, wonderful addition to anyone's movie or wedding music collection.
16 of 35 people found this review helpful.
Daniel
Location: from Canada
Difficulty Level:
Intermediate/advanced
February 28, 2008
Nice introduction to the wedding version of Maria
This is actually the organ introduction of the wedding scene version of "Maria" that was missing in the music book of vocal selections from "The Sound of Music". very interesting to have this part at last. It sounds great on the piano and on the organ.
23 of 40 people found this review helpful.
Mike M
Location: from Calumet, MI
Difficulty Level:
Intermediate/advanced
May 4, 2007
Music Notation
This is an exact copy of the music from the show, however, there is notation in the music, which when shown to 6 music teachers, all with degrees, some jazz, some classically trained, no one could decipher some of the notation, and what it meant. There is a "double coda", but don't know where it goes!! Otherwise, an excellent peice of music!
7 of 14 people found this review helpful.