Description

Arlen – The Wizard of Oz (70th Anniversary) – Vocal Selections

• Publisher: Alfred
• Composer: Harold Arlen
• Format: Softcover
• Length: 100 p.

• This book features all of the classic songs by E.Y. Harburg and Harold Arlen. Also included are the never-before published character themes by Academy-Award® winning composer Herbert Stothart, the complete Munchkinland Musical Sequence, and the song The Jitterbug, which was cut from the original film. Utilizing rare M-G-M studio manuscripts and the original motion picture soundtrack, each song is presented in its original key. As a bonus, this unique collector s item includes two songs from the 1903 Broadway musical production of The Wizard of Oz, with lyrics by original Oz author L. Frank Baum. These songs have not been published in over a century. The songbook also contains dozens of original production stills and publicity photos, an essay on the story behind the songs and score, and biographies of the composers.

  Contents:

  • If I Only Had a Brain (from The Wizard of Oz )
  • If I Were King of the Forest (from The Wizard of Oz )
  • We re Off to See the Wizard (from The Wizard of Oz )
  • The Merry Old Land of Oz (from The Wizard of Oz )
  • Ding Dong! The Witch Is Dead (from The Wizard of Oz )
  • (You re Out of the Woods) Optimistic Voices (from The Wizard of Oz )
  • Lullaby League and Lollipop Guild (from The Wizard of Oz )
  • Over the Rainbow (from The Wizard of Oz )
  • Lullaby League