Schwartz, Stephen : Wicked : Big Note Piano Vocal Selections

Nominated for a whopping 10 Tony Awards in 2005 Wicked is an undeniable Broadway smash! A prequel to the all-American classic The Wizard of Oz this new musical is a character study of Elphaba and Glinda school roommates who grow up to become the Wicked Witch and the Good Witch respectively. Hal Leonard offer several songbooks featuring this delightful music including a Vocal Selections book which contains the vocal line with piano accompaniment (HL00313268) and a Piano/Vocal Selections book in standard piano/vocal format with the melody in the piano part (HL00313267). The songbooks feature a special section of colourphotos from the production a note from composer/lyricist Stephen Schwartz and these fantastic tunes: As Long as You're Mine • Dancing Through Life • Defying Gravity • For Good • I Couldn't Be Happier • I'm Not That Girl • No Good Deed • No One Mourns the Wicked • One Short Day • Popular • What Is This Feeling? • The Wizard and I • Wonderful.

The Creative Career of Stephen Schwartz from Godspell to Wicked Revised and Updated Second Ed.-From his writing of Godspell's score at age 23 through the making of the megahit musical Wicked and beyond Defying Gravity: The Creative Career of Stephen Schwartz from Godspell to Wicked takes readers into the world of the legendary Broadway and film composer-lyricist. In this authorized biography drawing from her interviews with Schwartz and his collaborators author Carol de Giere focuses on the behind-the-scenes stories for Schwartz's hits and disappointing flops. Readers will find colorful anecdotes and insights for his licensed musicals Children of Eden Pippin Working and others. Defying Gravity also includes Hollywood stories beginning with a new foreword bycomposer Alan Menken. This updated and revised second edition delves into Stephen Schwartz's creative process for the new stage musicals The Hunchback of Notre Dame The Prince of Egypt and other shows. It provides additional insights on Schwartz's early work with Leonard Bernstein and his more recent international work on Wicked. It offers additional Creative Notes - a popular feature of the first edition - with comments from Schwartz about overcoming creative blocks collaboration and the artistic life.