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Carousel Waltz — from the Musical Carousel by Richard Rodgers (Piano Solo sheet music, Noten)
Carousel is the second musical from the team of Richard Rodgers (music) and Oscar Hammerstein II (book and lyrics). The 1945 work was adapted from Ferenc Molnár’s 1909 play Liliom, which transplanted its Budapest setting to the Maine coast.
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It is a love story between Billy Bigelow, the worker of a horse attraction and a miller, Julie Jordan, which puts their jobs in danger. In order to help Julie and her unborn child, he tries to pull off a robbery, which goes wrong. Despite everything, he is given the opportunity to do things right.
A secondary plot line deals with mill worker Carrie Pipperidge and her romance with ambitious fisherman Enoch Snow. The show includes the well-known songs ‘If I Loved You’, ‘June Is Bustin’ Out All Over’ and ‘Never Walk Alone’. Richard Rodgers later wrote that Carousel was his favorite of all his musicals.
After the spectacular success of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s early musicals, Oklahoma! (1943), the pair sought to collaborate on another piece, knowing that any resulting work would be compared to Oklahoma!, most likely unfavorably. Initially they were reluctant to seek the rights to Liliom; Molnár had refused permission to adapt the play in the past, and the original ending was considered depressing for musical theater.
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After acquiring the rights, the team created a work with long music sequences and made the ending more hopeful.
The musical required considerable modification during out-of-town tryouts, but once it opened on Broadway on April 19, 1945, it was an immediate hit with critics and audiences. Carousel initially ran for around 890 performances and doubled its success in the West End in 1950. Although it has never achieved as much commercial success as Oklahoma!, the play has been repeated and recorded several times.
A production by Nicholas Hytner was successful in 1992 in London, in 1994 in New York and on tour. In 1999, Time magazine named Carousel the best musical of the 20th century.
Rodgers designed Carousel to be an almost continuous stream of music, especially in Act 1. In later years, Rodgers was asked if he had considered writing an opera. He stated that he had been sorely tempted to, but saw Carousel in operatic terms. He remembered, “We came very close to opera in the Majestic Theatre. … There’s much that is operatic in the music.”
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| Frank Sinatra – Fly Me To The Moon | ||
| Frank Sinatra – greatest hits (songbook) |
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| Frank Sinatra – Moonlight In Vermont | ||
| Frank Sinatra – My way – Sheet music | Frank-Sinatra-My-Way 1st page | |
| Frank Sinatra – New York New York | ||
| Frank Sinatra – One For My Baby | ||
| Frank Sinatra An Extraordinary Life (Spencer Leigh) Book |
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| Frank Sinatra Anthology Songbook Volume 2 |
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| Frank Sinatra Hans-Günter Heumann Pop Classics For Piano The Very Best Of Frank Sinatra Piano Vocal Guitar |
 | Frank Sinatra Hans-Günter Heumann Pop Classics For Piano The Very Best Of Frank Sinatra Piano Vocal Guitar |
| Frank Sinatra New York, New York Piano Solo | Frank Sinatra New York, New York Piano Solo | |
| Frank Sinatra Singin In The Rain |
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| Frank Sinatra, Rick Nelson The Very Thought Of You (Solo Guitar TAB) | Frank Sinatra, Rick Nelson The Very Thought Of You (Solo Guitar TAB) Sample | |
| Frank Zappa Apostrophe Guitar Tablature Recorded Guitar Versions |
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| Frank Zappa by Barry Miles (Book) |
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| Frank Zappa Hot Rats Guitar Tab Songbook |
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| Frank Zappa Songbook Vol.1 Guitar Tabs |
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| Frankie Goes To Hollywood The Power Of Love |
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| Fred Harz Classical Jazz Guitar |
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| Fred Hersch Rain Waltz (Piano Solo Transcription) Sheet Music |
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| Fred Hersch – Bill Conti’s For your eyes only (Piano Solo) | Fred Hersch – Bill Conti’s For your eyes only (Piano Solo) | |
| Fred Hersch – Desafinado Antonio Carlos Jobim partitura |
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| Fred Hersch – I’ll be seeing you (Piano Solo transcription) | Fred Hersch – I’ll be seeing you (Piano Solo transcription) | |
| Fred Hersch – Selected Compositions 1980-2005 | Fred Hersch – Selected Compositions 1980-2005 | |
| Fred Hersch And So It Goes |
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| Fred Hersch Billy Joel And So It Goes |
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| Fred Sokolow The Roots of Jazz Guitar (with TAB) |
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| Freddie Hubbard Jamey Aebersold Vol 60 Jazz Play Along Book + Audio Mp3 |
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| Freddie Hubbard – Mr. Clean (by Weldon Irvine) | Freddie Hubbard – Mr. Clean (by Weldon Irvine) | |
| Freddie Hubbard Solo On When You Wish Upon A Star |
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| Freddie King 15 Great Songs From A Blues Legend Guitar with Tablature |
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| Freddie Mercury album (Queen) Piano Vocal Guitar |
 | The Freddie Mercury -Album |
| Freddie Mercury Mike Moran Barcelona With Montserrat Caballe (Queen) Arr Frank Bernaerts | Freddie Mercury Mike Moran Barcelona With Montserrat Caballe (Queen) Arr Frank Bernaerts | |
| Freddie Mercury Mr Bad Guy Guitar Songbook |
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| Freddy Mercury – Love Of My Life | ||
| Free Jazz Research Guide (Book) by Jeff Schwartz |
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| French Music For Accordion Volume 2 (Mel Bay Presents) |
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| Frescobaldi, Girolamo Canzoni da sonare urtext (Book 1) |
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| Fretless Bass By Chris Kringel Bass Method |
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| Friedrich Gulda – Play Piano Play | Friedrich Gulda-Play Piano Play | |
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| Friends Theme – I’ll Be There For You (piano solo) by The Reambrands |
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| Friml, Rudolf – Chanson (The Donkey Serenade From The Film The Firefly) |
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| Friml, Rudolf – Echoes Of Spring (for piano or organ) |
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| Friml, Rudolf – The Vagabond King A Musical Play (Piano Vocal Score) |
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| Frolov Gershwin Porgy And Bess Fantasy on Themes For Violin And Piano | Frolov Gershwin Porgy And Bess Fantasy on Themes For Violin And Piano | |
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| From The Dance Arr. James Edwards for Guitar + Tablature (Mel Bay) |
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| Frozen 2 Into The Unknown Sheet Music | Frozen 2 Into-The-Unknown | |
| FROZEN 2 All is found (Disney) | FROZEN 2 All is found (Disney) | |
| Frozen Songbook For Piano, Vocal & Guitar |
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| Fuentes, Rubén La Bikina (Arr. For Guitar By Carles Trepat) |
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| Fugess – Killing Me Softly | ||
| Full House OST Series Full House (풀하우스) ost Why_ 운명 (Fate) | Full House OST Series Full House (풀하우스) ost Why_ 운명 (Fate) | |
| Full Metal Alchemist – Two Years Thereafter | ||
| Full Monty The Broadway Musical Songbook by David Yazbek Piano Vocal Selections |
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| Fundamentals Of Piano Technique The Russian Method Newly Revised By James Susan Mckeever (Book) |
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| Fundamentals Of Piano Theory Level 1 by Keith Snell and Martha Ashleigh |
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| Fur Elise (Easy Piano) (Musescore File).mscz | ||
| G Blues For Two Guitars – Joe Pass And Herb Ellis | G Blues For Two Guitars – Joe Pass And Herb Ellis | |
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| G. Schäfer Sight Reading Exercises For Piano |
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| Gabriel Faure Requiem Op.48 V Agnus Dei.mscz | ||
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| Gabriel Yared – The English Patient Piano Solo selections |
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| Gabriel Yared Betty Blue – C’est le vent, Betty | Gabriel-Yared-Betty-Blue | |
| Gabriel Yared The English Patient A Retreat |
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| Gabriel Yared The Piano Collection |
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| Gabriel Yared The Unfeeling Kiss From City Of Angels Piano Solo | Gabriel Yared The Unfeeling Kis From City Of Angels Piano Solo | |
| Gabriel’s Oboe – The Mission OST (Ennio Morricone) | ||
| Gabrielle – Out Of Reach | ||
| Gabrielle – Rise | ||
| Gaetano Donizetti – Una Furtiva Lagrima (Guitar arr. sheet music with TABs) | Gaetano Donizetti – Una Furtiva Lagrima (Guitar arr. sheet music with TABs) | |
| Gagnon André – Origami (Musescore File).mscz | ||
| Gagnon André – Un Piano Sur La Mer (Partition Sheet Music) 加拿大作曲、鋼琴家（andre Gagnon 安德魯• 甘儂） (Musescore File).mscz | ||
| Gainsbourg, Serge La Javanaise | Gainsbourg, Serge La Javanaise | |
| GAINZA, V. – La improvisación musical | ||
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| Galuppi Sonate No 5 Andante (Musescore File).mscz | ||
| Galuppi, Baldassare Sonate No 5 Andante | Galuppi-Baldassare-Sonate-No-5-Andante-sheet-music-pdf 1st page | |
| Galuppi, Baldassare – 12 Sonate per il cembalo (Piano) |
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| Gambale, Frank – Guitar Technique Book I (Manhattan Music) |
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| Gambale, Frank – Guitar Technique Book II (Manhattan Music) |
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| Game of Thrones Light of the Seven (Piano) | Game of Thrones – Light of the Seven (Taioo) | |
| Game Of Thrones Main Theme Ramin Djawadi | Game Of Thrones Main Theme Ramin Djawadi sheet music pdf | |
| Game Of Thrones Easy Piano (Musescore File).mscz | ||
| Game Of Thrones Easy Piano by Ramin Djawadi | Game Of Thrones Easy Piano by Ramin Djawadi | |
| Game Of Thrones Main Theme Easy Piano |
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| Game Of Thrones Main Theme Easy Piano (Musescore File).mscz | ||
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| Game of Thrones – Main theme (orchestral music score) | Game of Thrones – Main theme (orchestra music score) | |
| Game Of Thrones (Season 8-3) The Night King By Ramin Djawadi (Piano) |
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| Game Of Thrones 8 Jenny Of Oldstones |
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| Game Of Thrones For Alto Sax And Piano Theme From The HBO Series |
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| Game Of Thrones Jenny Of Oldstones |
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| Game of Thrones Light Of The Seven Piano Solo by Ramin Djawadi easy piano solo |
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| Game Of Thrones Light Of The Seven Ramin Djawadi |
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| Game Of Thrones Main Title Guitar with Tablature |
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| Game of Thrones Medley | Game of Thrones Medley | |
| Game Of Thrones Medley (Ramin Djawadi) Virtuosic piano by Jarrod Radnich | Game Of Thrones Medley (Ramin Djawadi) arr. for piano by virtuoso Jarrod Radnich | |
| Game Of Thrones Opening 4 Hands |
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| Game Of Thrones Original Music From The HBO Television Series Easy Piano |
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| Game Of Thrones Original Music From The HBO Television Series Solo Guitar With Tablature |
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| Game of Thrones Ramin Djawadi (orchestral score) |
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| Game of Thrones Season 5 Ep. 6 House of Black and White |
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| Game of Thrones The Night King by Ramin Djawadi advanced piano solo |
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| Game Of Thrones Theme Arranged For Violin and Piano |
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| Game of Thrones Theme for Cello and Piano by Ramin Djawadi |
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| Game of Thrones Title Theme |
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| Gareth Coker Ori And The Blind Forest Main Theme | Gareth Coker Ori And The Blind Forest Main Theme | |
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| Garner Erroll – Misty (Piano) | Garner Erroll – Misty Piano (1) | |
| Garner Erroll – Misty Piano (another version) | ||
| Garota De Ipanema By Antonio Carlos Jobim (Guitar With Tab) |
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| Garota De Ipanema By Antonio Carlos Jobim (Musescore File).mscz | ||
| Garth Brooks – To Make You Feel My Love | ||
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| Gary Burton Learning To Listen The Jazz Journey Of Gary Burton An Autobiography (Book) Berklee |
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| Gary Clark Jr Guitar Tab Anthology Recorded Guitar Versions |
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Musical numbers
| Act I “The Carousel Waltz” – Orchestra “You’re a Queer One, Julie Jordan” – Carrie Pipperidge and Julie Jordan “(When I Marry) Mister Snow” – Carrie “If I Loved You” – Billy Bigelow and Julie “June Is Bustin’ Out All Over” – Nettie Fowler and Chorus “(When I Marry) Mister Snow” (reprise) – Carrie, Enoch Snow and Female Chorus “When the Children Are Asleep” – Enoch and Carrie “Blow High, Blow Low” – Jigger Craigin, Billy and Male Chorus “Soliloquy” – Billy | Act II “This Was a Real Nice Clambake” – Carrie, Nettie, Julie, Enoch and Chorus “Geraniums in the Winder” – Enoch * “There’s Nothin’ So Bad for a Woman” – Jigger and Chorus “What’s the Use of Wond’rin’?” – Julie “You’ll Never Walk Alone” – Nettie “The Highest Judge of All” – Billy Ballet: “Billy Makes a Journey” – Orchestra “If I Loved You” (reprise) – Billy Finale: “You’ll Never Walk Alone” (reprise) – Company |
Rodgers uses music in Carousel in subtle ways to differentiate characters and tell the audience of their emotional state.
In “You’re a Queer One, Julie Jordan”, the music for the placid Carrie is characterized by even eighth-note rhythms, whereas the emotionally restless Julie’s music is marked by dotted eighths and sixteenths; this rhythm will characterize her throughout the show. When Billy whistles a snatch of the song, he selects Julie’s dotted notes rather than Carrie’s.
Reflecting the close association in the music between Julie and the as-yet unborn Louise, when Billy sings in “Soliloquy” of his daughter, who “gets hungry every night”, he uses Julie’s dotted rhythms. Such rhythms also characterize Julie’s Act 2 song, “What’s the Use of Wond’rin’”.
The stable love between Enoch and Carrie is strengthened by her willingness to let Enoch not only plan his entire life, but hers as well. This is reflected in “When the Children Are Asleep”, where the two sing in close harmony, but Enoch musically interrupts his intended’s turn at the chorus with the words “Dreams that won’t be interrupted”.
Rodgers biographer Geoffrey Block, in his book on the Broadway musical, points out that though Billy may strike his wife, he allows her musical themes to become a part of him and never interrupts her music.
Block suggests that, as reprehensible as Billy may be for his actions, Enoch requiring Carrie to act as “the little woman”, and his having nine children with her (more than she had found acceptable in “When the Children are Asleep”) can be considered to be even more abusive.
The twelve-minute “bench scene”, in which Billy and Julie get to know each other and which culminates with “If I Loved You”, according to Hischak, “is considered the most completely integrated piece of music-drama in the American musical theater”.
The scene is almost entirely drawn from Molnár and is one extended musical piece; Stephen Sondheim described it as “probably the single most important moment in the revolution of contemporary musicals”. “If I Loved You” has been recorded many times, by such diverse artists as Frank Sinatra, Barbra Streisand, Sammy Davis Jr., Mario Lanza and Chad and Jeremy.
The D-flat major theme that dominates the music for the second act ballet seems like a new melody to many audience members. It is, however, a greatly expanded development of a theme heard during “Soliloquy” at the line “I guess he’ll call me ‘The old man’ “.
When the pair discussed the song that would become “Soliloquy”, Rodgers improvised at the piano to give Hammerstein an idea of how he envisioned the song. When Hammerstein presented his collaborator with the lyrics after two weeks of work (Hammerstein always wrote the words first, then Rodgers would write the melodies), Rodgers wrote the music for the eight-minute song in two hours.
“What’s the Use of Wond’rin’ “, one of Julie’s songs, worked well in the show but was never as popular on the radio or for recording, and Hammerstein believed that the lack of popularity was because he had concluded the final line, “And all the rest is talk” with a hard consonant, which does not allow the singer a vocal climax.
Irving Berlin later stated that “You’ll Never Walk Alone” had the same sort of effect on him as the 23rd Psalm. When singer Mel Tormé told Rodgers that “You’ll Never Walk Alone” had made him cry, Rodgers nodded impatiently. “You’re supposed to.” The frequently recorded song has become a widely accepted hymn.
The cast recording of Carousel proved popular in Liverpool, like many Broadway albums, and in 1963, the Brian Epstein-managed band, Gerry and the Pacemakers had a number-one hit with the song. At the time, the top ten hits were played before Liverpool F.C. home matches; even after “You’ll Never Walk Alone” dropped out of the top ten, fans continued to sing it, and it has become closely associated with the soccer team and the city of Liverpool.
A BBC program, Soul Music, ranked it alongside “Silent Night” and “Abide With Me” in terms of its emotional impact and iconic status.
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