Review (PDF) Jesus Christ Superstar Easy Piano
(Easy Piano Vocal Selections). Easy-to-play piano arrangements of seven songs from this stage favorite: Everything's Alright * Heaven on Their Minds * Hosanna * I Don't Know How to Love Him * I Only Want to Say (Gethsemane) * King Herod's Song * Superstar. Includes great photos.
Paperback: 32 pages
Publisher: HAL LEONARD CORPORATION (July 1, 1985)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0793520991
ISBN-13: 978-0793520992
Product Dimensions: 9 x 0.1 x 12 inches
Shipping Weight: 12.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (27 customer reviews)
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The songs included in this book are Heaven on Their Minds, Everything's Alright, Hosanna, Pilate's Dream, Last Supper, Gethsemane, King Herod's Song, and Superstar. A few things should be noted: Firstly, Heaven on their Minds does not include the "all gone sour" last four verses that are used in live productions of jcs. Instead the song is written to fade away. That might present a problem to people performing or using that song for an audition. The last supper only includes the chorus that the apostles sing. Superstar is tuned to a C instead of the original E that is on all of the recordings and live productions. Other than that, all the other keys are the same as you might hear them on cd recordings, 1973 movie, and live productions. Chords are also included for guitar players.
This book contains the partitures of the songs mentioned in Uppercase in the Editorial's review and the lyrics for all the other songs of this great rock-opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber. The partitures are written for piano, with chords for guitar and lyrics, and are quite faithful to the original songs. They aren't difficult, so you can play them without too much troubles and remember with pleasure the voices of Yvonne Elliman, Carl Anderson, Ted Neeley and the other artists. This book doesn't give you a complete satisfaction if you are instead looking for a more "seriously" thing, with all the partitures including the instrumental songs.
For anyone out there looking for the music and lyrics to perform Jesus Christ Superstar here ya go! i recomend it as it is not all that hard to sing/play and is all around good music.
Many of the songs sin the musical are included here. I play violin. This is good for guitar, piano and voice as well. Some things I don't like are: Not all the famous songs are included, such as one sung by Judas. Also, the frills are not included, making the music sound different than the original. Maybe they wanted to keep secrets so we don't produce the play on our own.
While some of the songs contained are not transposed in the original keys, this is a great book for your collection. I bought this to replace the one I bought in 1971 which had been lost over the years. It also only contains every other song. That might have been a restriction placed on the publisher by the composers when it was first printed. If you actually wanted to perform the rock opera, you would have needed to order the complete score (multiple copies) and pay heavy royalties. Technically, this still holds true. But this book will get you moving in the right direction.
The singers are not at all comparable to either the DVD of the live production, or the movie. Very disappointing. The good news is, if it's available buy the DVD with Jerome Praden as Judas, memorable.
I owned this book many decades ago. Another musician has recently discovered JCS and since I could not find my copy, I purchased this one. Highly recommended for piano players and singers. Some of the rhythms are quite tricky but most pieces can be readily played. While this is far from an easy edition, it is not out of reach for experienced pianists.
Had the original book back when I was in high school in the early 70's and thought I was getting that, but has limited sheet music and plenty of lyrics to follow along with the DVD. The Arena Tour Blu-ray has a few changed lyrics, but changed by the authors, it seems to update a bit.Looks like a fair value for todays sheet music prices.
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