For the first time ever, the definitive full orchestral score of one of Broadway's beloved smash hits of the Golden Age is available for purchase. This edition includes the complete script and stage directions, alternate keys and dance routines in an appendix, explanatory notes, and documentation. Using the same rigorous musicological principles that have long been applied to the works of the great European composers, the original 1948 orchestrations of Cole Porter's masterpiece have been meticulously restored. Broadway's classic musicals are perhaps America's most unique and enduring contribution to world culture, and Kiss Me, Kate is one of the jewels in the crown. Here it is at last, treated with the same respect as the great European operas and operettas. 754 pages.
- SKU
- 00-44074
- Composer
- Porter, Cole
- Voicing
- Full Score
- Manufacturer
- ALFRED
- Barcode
- 038081494852
- ISBN 10
- 1470619547
- ISBN 13
- 9781470619541
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ABBREVIATIONS AND SIGLA
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PREFACE
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MUSICAL NOTATION AND PERFORMANCE PRACTICE
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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PRODUCTION NOTE
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CAST
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ORCHESTRA
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Overture
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ACT I
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Scene I: Stage of Ford Theatre, Baltimore
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1. Another Op'nin', Another Show (HATTIE, Chorus)
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1a. Another Op'nin', Another Show: Dance
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1b. Another Op'nin', Another Show: Reprise (HATTIE, Chorus)
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1c. Change of Scene: Another Op'nin', Another Show
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Scene II: The Corridor Backstage
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2. Why Can't You Behave? (LOIS, BILL)
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2a. Change of Scene: Why Can't You Behave?
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Scene III: Dressing-rooms, Fred Graham and Lilli Vanessi
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3. Wunderbar (LILLI, FRED)
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4. So In Love (LILLI)
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Scene IV: Padua
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5. Padua Street Scene: We Open in Venice (KATHARINE, BIANCA, LUCENTIO, PETRUCHIO)
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Scene V: Street Scene, Padua
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5a. Padua Street Scene: Dance
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6. Tom, Dick or Harry (BIANCA, HORTENSIO, LUCENTIO, GREMIO)
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6a. Tom, Dick or Harry: Encore (BIANCA, HORTENSIO, LUCENTIO, GREMIO)
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7. Rose Dance
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8. I've Come to Wive It Wealthily in Padua (PETRUCHIO, Men of Padua)
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9. I Hate Men (KATHARINE)
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9a. I Hate Men: Encore (KATHARINE)
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10. Were Thine That Special Face (PETRUCHIO)
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11. Change of Scene: I Hate Men
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Scene VI: Backstage
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11a. Change of Scene: I Hate Men
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Scene VII: Fred's and Lilli's Dressing-rooms
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Scene VIII: Front of 'Shrew Curtain
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12. I Sing of Love (BIANCA, LUCENTIO, Chorus)
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Scene IX: Exterior Church
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12a. Tarantella
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13. First Act Finale (KATHARINE, PETRUCHIO, Ensemble)
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14. Entr'acte
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ACT II
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Scene I: Theatre Alley
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15. Too Darn Hot (PAUL, 2 BOYS)
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Scene II: Before the Curtain
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15a. Too Darn Hot: Bows
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15b. Change of Scene: So In Love
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Scene III: Petruchio's House
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16. Where Is the Life That Late I Led? (PETRUCHIO)
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16a. Change of Scene: Where Is the Life That Late I Led?
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Scene IV: The Corridor Backstage
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17. Always True to You in My Fashion (LOIS)
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17a. Always True to You in My Fashion: First Encore (LOIS)
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17b. Always True to You in My Fashion: Second Encore (LOIS)
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17c. Change of Scene: Why Can't You Behave?
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Scene V: Fred's and Lilli's Dressing-rooms
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Scene VI: The Corridor Backstage
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18. Bianca (BILL, Girls, Boys)
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18a. Under Dialogue
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19. So In Love: Reprise (FRED)
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19a. Change of Scene: So In Love
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Scene VII: Before the Asbestos Curtain
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20. Brush Up Your Shakespeare (FIRST GUNMAN, SECOND GUNMAN)
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20a. Brush Up Your Shakespeare: First Encore (FIRST GUNMAN, SECOND GUNMAN)
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20b. Brush Up Your Shakespeare: Second Encore (FIRST GUNMAN, SECOND GUNMAN)
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Scene VIII: Baptista's Home
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21. Pavane
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22. I Am Ashamed That Women Are So Simple (KATHARINE)
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23. Finale (KATHARINE, PETRUCHIO, Ensemble)
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23a. Finale: Dance
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24. Last Curtain (KATHARINE, PETRUCHIO, All)
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25. Exit Music: So In Love
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APPENDIX
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1. Another Op'nin', Another Show (F) (HATTIE, Chorus)
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1. Another Op'nin', Another Show (C) (HATTIE, Chorus)
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1b. Another Op'nin', Another Show: Reprise (F) (HATTIE, Chorus)
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1b. Another Op'nin', Another Show: Reprise (C) (HATTIE, Chorus)
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11. Harlequin Ballerina
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15. Too Darn Hot Dance: Ending (version 1)
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15. Too Darn Hot Dance: Ending (version 2)
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18. Bianca: Dance (London)
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CRITICAL REPORT
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BIBLIOGRAPHY