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Cats: Songs From The Musical

(Vocal Selections). Features 19 songs from the beloved Andrew Lloyd Webber classic: The Ad-dressing of Cats * The Ballad of Billy M'Caw * Bustopher Jones: The Cat About Town * Grizabella: The Glamour Gat * Growltiger's Last Stand * Gus: The Theatre Cat * Jellicle Songs for Jellicle Cats * The Journey to the Heavyside Layer * Macavity: The Mystery Cat * Memory * Mr. Mistoffelees * Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer * The Naming of Cats * Old Deuteronomy * The Old Gumbie Cat * Overture * The Rum Tum Tugger * Skimbleshanks: The Railway Cat * The Song of the Jellicles.

Paperback: 112 pages

Publisher: Hal Leonard (May 1, 1982)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 0881882003

ISBN-13: 978-0881882001

Product Dimensions: 9 x 0.3 x 12 inches

Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)

Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)

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Okay, so I wasn't a big CATS fan. I have never seen the show, but have heard the music from CDs. I must say the music is highly addictive. And it's Andrew Lloyd Webber, so how could you go wrong? This book would be the best book for piano because it contains basically every song. But, I have to warn beginners, it can be extremly hard. Most of the songs jump around between sharps and flats, and when they do it's usually four or five at a time! It will take alot of practice to get it down. All the songs are fun to play. It's one of those books where you start at the beginning, and play every song without skipping any. Overall a great buy.

I mainly got this book for fun, I don't play piano for anyone anymore. Mainly just for myself and my mom. I took piano for six years when I was younger and the skill levels in this is exactly what I wanted/needed. Some of it is over my head a little bit, but I can still play with it and figure out something a bit more simple to play. Plus I love that it has all the words of every song, even though a couple of them don't have the notes.

You have to be careful, which edition you get. There are some with 10 songs, 19 songs or complete 22 songs. I am reviewing Hal Leonard's "Complete Music From Cats" with piano arrangement, guitar chords, vocal melody and lyrics; ISBN 0881882003 or HL00359465; 112 pages. This version is fantastic. If you know the original London cast audio recording, then this is the book to go with it. It has all 22 songs. The piano arrangements are great, original harmonies. The level of difficulty changes, some songs are easy for the intermediate player, others require some fiddling and practice, bec they come with 5 flats or 5 sharps. I run the string ensemble and orchestra and muscial theatre group at my kids' school as a parent volunteer. This book has it all, if you want to write your own arrangements, or accompany some solo singing kids on the piano. Great. But make sure you get the correct edition.

great book . it has both the lyrics and the piano notes so even without a piano I can sing the tune. My cat mimi loves to sing along with me. G A classic for all ages. Nothing beats a book to hold.Raven

Let me tell you a personal story: I had a musical audition; my song of choice was 'Grizabella The Glamour Cat'. The unexpected pleasure of being able to procure this song in its entirety was balm to my heart (I would then be free to sing something that I was confident about, and not something that might be insipid). After procuring the book by the expensive Saturday delivery, which evil I found necessary, I was dismayed to find the beginning of the song, crucial to my performance, DELIBERATELY omitted from this edition which touts, as bold as brass, Complete music from the musical in question. And, by the by, that isn't all that this edition has unceremoniously hacked off the score, it's just the one that hurt me the most. In actuality the score is riddled with omissions, which makes the prospect of buying it rather akin to the thought of buying a cake with several slices missing: It's great, if you want a fraction of a cake.

Wow! I was amazed how great and useful this book was. It includes 19 songs of Cats Classics. Most every song is written just like Andrew Lloyd Webber did himself. It also includes pictures from various Cats casts through out the years. If you are a theater buff, and enjoy being up on stage, then this is a great audition book. With songs like Memory, Skimbleshanks, Gus:The Theatre Cat, Mr. Mistoffeles, and many others. It will leave you at the piano for hours playing away. When of the best things about this is that it is the COMPLETE book of songs from the musical. I highly recommend this, and I hope you will enjoys this as much as I did.

I've played a lot of the songs from it, and some parts leave me wondering how it's humanly possible. Still...

Not that I know how to play the music well but I wanted to have the music for reading along with poetry book. Would be nice if they had the music book as a ring so can open to a piece and not ruin the book. I just wanted a keepsake because may not have a chance to see it again, on stage. A black cover and the yellow eyes which show figures of cats posing a figure.

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