Mr_super_hunky- I was told that you especially are a Jim Brickman expert- you were highly recommended! I don't know the title of this piece, and I can play just about all of it, but I would at least like to k now the name/find the sheet music. If you can help, please send me an email and I will email you the song. thank you! here is my email: slewis10@buckeye-express.com

Stephenc is the "Jim Brickman expert"! He probably knows more of his tunes as well but between the two of us, we might figure it out.

Why don't you post up a link for everyone to hear. Odds are, someone will figure it out for you before me!

Is there a way that I can post the actual song in a file???

You could load it up on box.net or savefile.com ?

With my Brickman "expertise" (very flattering S-H!) and Mr S-H's incredible looks, I'm sure we can decipher this mystery of yours...interesting though, you know almost the whole thing and you're LOOKING for sheet music!! You genius you!

http://savefile.com/files/342277

its at the bottom where it says download. thanks!!

Hmmm.. I wonder what that could be, it doesn't sound like a Brickman tune but it is very familiar! Monica, Super Hunky??

Cristofori's Dream is the title, by David Lanz you can get the sheet at musicnotes.com ( http://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtd.asp?ppn=MN0046944 )

I heard an interesting theory on the songs title, it is of course named after the inventor of the piano as we know it today. One take on the title was that it depicts Cristofori's state of mind when inventing the ability for piano's to be played softly and loudly on the same keyboard (i.e touch response if you like). The opening representing Cristofori tinkering away in his workshop and as the song builds, so to does Cristofri's angst to create this marvel of his and his work becomes more intense.

The suggestion then was to play the right hand of this piece with more force than the left to represent that ability to play different levels of tone. Cool hey!

That is Cristofori's Dream......David Lanz as stephenc said.....beautiful piece of music, and I've yet to be able to play.....someday.....

OH THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! la- ti- da!!

Thanks Stephenc, I just got back from Wally-World to buy dog food and you already figured it out!

I bet you had no trouble finding Wally there aswell

Or maybe Wally's World is like that last picture in the wheres wally books where everyone and thing is Wally or Wally related?

Cristofri's Dream is in my current repertoire so it didn't take much guesswork, I might even add it to my time capsule selections!! It took a good part of 2006 to learn!

You should hear my version of christofori's dream (in the time capsule), I ended up tossing 6 of the 9 pages out the window and just repeated page 3 and 4 a few times!.

Not officially "cheating", but a "grey" area ???, well, possibly!

I don't care however, I'm still enjoying it.

BTW, "Wally-World" = Wal-Mart!

I betcha old Cristofori was more concerned with the rising prices of Renner plectra and the influx of cheap tier 3 German harpsichords

I registered to ask just this question.


Thanks a lot guys.

Well, now that you're registered, Slycer, I hope you will hang around! Welcome to PW. Cristofori's Dream is a favorite in the AB forum, and if you search the archives for it (click on the rectangular box at top of page) you'll find some good threads with playing tips etc.

Has anyone else tried Jim Brickman's "O Holy Night"?

I like his arrangement.

I will, I will.

Can you perhaps confirm that the 9 page sheet I have is the correct one?
Might even start working on it today...Even tho I'm swamped with books.

Yeah, happy new year.

Slycer, I'm pretty sure that the 9 page arrangement is the right one. There's an easy piano arrangement of it floating around, too, but I believe it's only 4 or 5 pages long.

VibeRaider, I haven't tried Brickman's "O Holy Night." Maybe I'll put that on my list for next Christmas, and given how long it takes me to tackle Brickman pieces, maybe I'd better start it right away! :rolleyes:

Monica,

It certainly wouldn't hurt to start, like, today!

I thought it would be complicated for me. But I surprised myself by completing it in about 3 weeks. All it needs now is to be memorized and polished.

This arrangement is a little "jazzy" or "new age-y."

I have also learned the versions from Dan Coates' "The Best in Christmas Music" and Mark Hayes' "Christmas At The Keyboard" which are more straight-forward.

All three are different, yet, beautiful versions!