The Library of Showtunes

The Library Of Showtunes is a treasury of the greatest songs from the world’s best-loved musical shows. This collector’s volume spans over 85 years of Broadway and West End musicals giving you a vast number ofthe greatest showstoppers all arranged for Piano Vocal and Guitar.  From pioneering classics like Guys And Dolls Oklahoma! and Sweet Charity to modern favourites like The Phantom OfThe Opera Wicked and The Lion King every kind of musical show is represented by what are universally hailed as the finest songs of the genre. Every one of these amazing songs is arranged with Piano parts vocalmelody and Guitar chord boxes and symbols as well as being spiral bound for utmost convenience.Taken together the songs included in The Library Of Showtunes comprise nothing less than the history ofthe stage musical told through outstanding numbers that often became hits in their own right as well as advancing the wonderfully colourful stories told on stage. From Summertime to Over The Rainbow and fromCan You Feel The Love Tonight to I Dreamed A Dream these incredible tunes are essential playing for all fans of musical theatre.The stage musical was born on Broadway in the early years of the 20thcentury as a drama where the story and the music complemented one another. No longer just a series of songs linked by a flimsy plot these new musicals had substance. Early classics like Show Boat and Carouselwere not afraid to use tough source material and they led the way for what would become a wildly popular art form that could tackle any subject and in the end be conceived just as successfully in Europe as the United States.Celebrating the passion emotion and dramatic power of the stage musical The Library Of Showtunes is both a joyful celebration and an enduring reference book allowing you to bring the power and beauty of