Great Piano Solos: The Purple Book
Nonfiction, Entertainment, Music, Instruments & Instruction, Piano & Keyboard, Instruction & Study, Songbooks, Musical Scores
| Author: | Wise Publications | ISBN: | 9781783231584 |
| Publisher: | Music Sales Limited | Publication: | November 14, 2006 |
| Imprint: | Wise Publications | Language: | English |
| Author: | Wise Publications |
| ISBN: | 9781783231584 |
| Publisher: | Music Sales Limited |
| Publication: | November 14, 2006 |
| Imprint: | Wise Publications |
| Language: | English |
Great Piano Solos: The Purple Book is a wonderful anthology with a wonderful variety of well-known show-tunes, jazz and blues classics, film themes and classical standards, all arranged for intermediate level solo piano!
This bumper collection is ideal for both students and working pianists due to its wide variety of performance situations.
Songlist:
Classical Music
- Adagio (from Concerto For Clarinet And Orchestra In A) [Mozart]
- Ave Maria [Gounod]
- Gymnopédie No.1 [Satie]
- Liebesträum [Liszt]
- ‘Moonlight’ Sonata [Beethoven]
- Polovtsian Dances (from Prince Igor) [Borodin]
- Prelude In D Flat Major No.15 Op.11 [Scriabin]
- Trumpet Voluntary [Purcell]
Film Themes
- As Time Goes By (from Casablanca)
- Come What May (from Moulin Rouge)
- The English Patient
- The Godfather Waltz (from The Godfather)
- It's A Life (from The Truman Show)
- Jean De Florette
- John Dunbar Theme (from Dances With Wolves)
- Merry Christmas, Mr Lawrence
Great Standards
- All The Things You Are [Jerome Kern]
- Falling In Love Again [Friederich Hollander]
- Goldfinger (from Goldfinger)
- Pennies From Heaven [Arthur Johnston]
- Someone To Watch Over Me [George & Ira Gershwin]
- That's Amoré [Dean Martin]
- What A Wonderful World [Louis Armstrong]
- Yesterday [The Beatles]
Jazz & Blues
- Bésame Mucho [Consuelo Velazquez]
- Chelsea Bridge [Billy Strayhorn]
- Cry Me A River [Julie London]
- Feeling Good [Nina Simone]
- In A Sentimental Mood [Duke Ellington]
- Need Your Love So Bad [Mertis John]
- Quiet Nights Of Quiet Stars [Antonio Carlos Jobim]
- What'd I Say [Ray Charles]
Pop Favourite
- The Air That I Breathe [The Hollies]
- Angels [Robbie Williams]
- Candle In The Wind [Elton John]
- (from Everything I Do) I Do It For You [Bryan Adams]
- Flying Without Wings [Westlife]
- I Have A Dream [ABBA]
- Imagine [John Lennon]
- This Year's Love [David Gray]
Showtunes
- Cabaret (from Cabaret)
- I Whistle A Happy Tune (from The King And I)
- It 'Aint Necessarily So (from Porgy And Bess)
- Luck Be A Lady (from Guys And Dolls)
- No Matter What (from Whistle Down The Wind)
- Pick A Pocket Or Two (from Oliver!)
- Some Enchanted Evening (from South Pacific)
- Till There Was You (from Music Man)
- Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again (from The Phantom Of The Opera)
Great Piano Solos: The Purple Book is a wonderful anthology with a wonderful variety of well-known show-tunes, jazz and blues classics, film themes and classical standards, all arranged for intermediate level solo piano!
This bumper collection is ideal for both students and working pianists due to its wide variety of performance situations.
Songlist:
Classical Music
- Adagio (from Concerto For Clarinet And Orchestra In A) [Mozart]
- Ave Maria [Gounod]
- Gymnopédie No.1 [Satie]
- Liebesträum [Liszt]
- ‘Moonlight’ Sonata [Beethoven]
- Polovtsian Dances (from Prince Igor) [Borodin]
- Prelude In D Flat Major No.15 Op.11 [Scriabin]
- Trumpet Voluntary [Purcell]
Film Themes
- As Time Goes By (from Casablanca)
- Come What May (from Moulin Rouge)
- The English Patient
- The Godfather Waltz (from The Godfather)
- It's A Life (from The Truman Show)
- Jean De Florette
- John Dunbar Theme (from Dances With Wolves)
- Merry Christmas, Mr Lawrence
Great Standards
- All The Things You Are [Jerome Kern]
- Falling In Love Again [Friederich Hollander]
- Goldfinger (from Goldfinger)
- Pennies From Heaven [Arthur Johnston]
- Someone To Watch Over Me [George & Ira Gershwin]
- That's Amoré [Dean Martin]
- What A Wonderful World [Louis Armstrong]
- Yesterday [The Beatles]
Jazz & Blues
- Bésame Mucho [Consuelo Velazquez]
- Chelsea Bridge [Billy Strayhorn]
- Cry Me A River [Julie London]
- Feeling Good [Nina Simone]
- In A Sentimental Mood [Duke Ellington]
- Need Your Love So Bad [Mertis John]
- Quiet Nights Of Quiet Stars [Antonio Carlos Jobim]
- What'd I Say [Ray Charles]
Pop Favourite
- The Air That I Breathe [The Hollies]
- Angels [Robbie Williams]
- Candle In The Wind [Elton John]
- (from Everything I Do) I Do It For You [Bryan Adams]
- Flying Without Wings [Westlife]
- I Have A Dream [ABBA]
- Imagine [John Lennon]
- This Year's Love [David Gray]
Showtunes
- Cabaret (from Cabaret)
- I Whistle A Happy Tune (from The King And I)
- It 'Aint Necessarily So (from Porgy And Bess)
- Luck Be A Lady (from Guys And Dolls)
- No Matter What (from Whistle Down The Wind)
- Pick A Pocket Or Two (from Oliver!)
- Some Enchanted Evening (from South Pacific)
- Till There Was You (from Music Man)
- Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again (from The Phantom Of The Opera)
