Show key of "Bring Him Home"

[Derech2]

Posted: 4/15/05 at 12:20am

Can someone tell me what the original key of "Bring Him Home" in Les Misérables is and how high/low it goes? I was thumping it out and singing at the piano tonight, and I'm almost certain that it is significantly lower than in the show, as the highest note of the whole song (according to the score book I have) if F, which is really nice for me and makes it extremely comfortable. But I was just curious, so if someone is able to enlighten me, thanks many.

[Thesbijean]

Posted: 4/15/05 at 12:36am

In the show, it originally went up to a Bb...

[jrb_actor]

Posted: 4/15/05 at 1:21am

depends on who is playing the role.

[phantom_tenor]

Posted: 4/15/05 at 1:41am

In the OCR, i'm pretty sure it was in A major, meaning it went up to an A. I've been searching for sheet music in this key for ages, and can't find it. For some reason, every edition of it i can find is in F major. Maybe cause:

"It's too high,
this song's too high.
Pity me!
Change the key!"

[bially082]

Posted: 4/15/05 at 2:08am

LOL

Gotta love Forbidden Broadway!

[apdarcey]

Posted: 4/15/05 at 2:10am

generally it's written in f so that it gets performed a lot. however, the show version is in a, not b flat as thes wrote.