Stephen Schwartz's Wicked: Piano/Vocal Sheet Music Arrangement

Larry Bagman: I like the cover

United States on Nov 08, 2021

Haleigh Schadee: Love it. Challenging enough for me. I sight read fairly well and I've been playing my whole life. The key changes are the biggest challenge for me, but it's fun to practice! Not for beginners.

United States on Jul 20, 2021

Johanna: Super! Ich liebe es!
Hätte die Texte gerne auf Deutsch in den Noten gehabt, aber das ist wohl nicht zu haben. Hab sie mir selbst rein geschrieben.

Germany on Jun 03, 2020

Tessa: I had lots of fun with this book and trying to learn all the songs. It's challenging!

Canada on Apr 01, 2020

Brett Hamilton: A beautiful score of some of the best songs from wicked - the music is easy to read and well written for piano.
Excellent if you wish to learn some of the songs from wicked - most songs are probably
For intermediate level piano players.

United Kingdom on Jul 07, 2019

Ivana Rakic: Good to have for practice, but if you want sheet music for auditions etc, consider printing music out on individual sheets of paper for easier use, cause in this format, you have to really bend the spine of the book to keep it open on the piano.

United Kingdom on Oct 20, 2018

Caitlyn F: I. Love. This. Book.

Luckily, my mom is a fantastic pianist and will play these songs for me so that I can sing them. She finds some of them a little difficult to play, especially with multiple key changes, but they are beautiful arrangements. (As I am not a pianist, I can't speak to the actual difficulty of the music on a personal level.)

As a singer, I love the way they are arranged, even the duet songs (For Good, As Long As You're Mine) as I can sing them by myself if I want.

All of the songs that I enjoy singing are included, although I'm not sure it includes every song that is featured in the musical.

Wonderful purchase!

United States on Nov 24, 2013

lenchen: Dieses Buch ist für jeden der das Musical Wicked liebt. Alle Lieder sind in der richtigen Tonart, naja nicht ganz, der einzige Song der nicht in der richtigen Tonart ist, ist "For Good", leider. aber sonst stimmen alle.
In dem Buch sind die Noten für folgende Stücke vorhanden:

*No One Mourns The Wicked
*The Wizard And I
*What Is This Feeling
*Dancing Through Life
*Popular
*I'm Not That Girl
*One Short Day
*Defying Gravity
*I Couldn't be Happier
*Wonderful
*As Long As You're Mine
*No Good Deed
*For Good

Die Stücke wurden größten Teils so geschrieben, dass sie entweder als Solo oder Duett gesungen werden können.(z.B. Chorpassagen ausgelassen).

-In "No One Mourns The Wicked" wurde der gesamte Anfang und der Zwischenteil, in dem Elphabas Geburt beschrieben wird, rausgelassen.
-Bei "The Wizard And I" haben sie das Intro (Von Mrs Morrible: Oh.. Ms Elphaba. Many years I have waited...) weggelassen.
-In "What Is This Feeling" fehlt ebenfalls der Anfang. Hier fängt es erst bei (Glinda:) "What is this feeling? So sudden and new..." an. Außerdem wurde hier die Chorpassage mit den Studenten auf Elphaba und Glinda...

Germany on Aug 19, 2007

J. Ying: Five stars to this book because the songs are beautifully adapted and true to the musical. However, I bought this book so I could tinker with it on my piano, and it is way too hard for me to get anywhere! I played piano for 8 years as a kid, and am now just a rusty beginner/intermediate player. I thought I could eventually get these songs down by playing them over and over, but after flipping through everything I think the only near-manageable song is "For Good." My favorite, "No Good Deed," is completely impossible and I'll just have to listen to my CD. I would suggest this book for the highly advanced pianist. As for me, I'm going to go check out that easy piano version.

Note: The songs are edited to make more sense when sung by just one or two people. This significantly changes some parts though - I was disappointed to find that the entire "we deserve each other" and "I hope you're happy" segments were deleted from "Dancing Through Life" and "Defying Gravity," respectively.

United States on May 04, 2007

Bonny: I bought this book because a friend gave me the Wicked CD and I fell in love with the show. This book is a selection of the most popular songs from the show, in a format where a singer could perform them with only piano accompaniment. Most of the songs are pretty close to the versions that you hear on the CD, but some have been altered to make them easier to perform as solos or audition pieces. Most of the speaking and chorus parts (like in "Popular" and "One Short Day") have been removed and some of the songs have new endings. In "Dancing Through Life", the second half of the song has been cut so the entire song can be sung by only one person. Also, the part in "The Wizard and I" where Elphaba has a vision also appears in "Defying Gravity". Lastly, "For Good" is written so it can be sung as a duet or a solo.

This book is good for anyone looking to sing these songs as a solo, duet or for an audition. The piano part is a simplified version of the orchestral score with the melody line usually occurring in the right hand and it is easy enough for almost any accompanist to play. However, if you are looking for an exact translation of the songs from the show, you will be...

United States on Apr 24, 2006