

If you check him out on Wikipedia you can see that he was remarkably prolific, and that like Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes in Britain, Leroux’s Adventures of Joseph Rouletabille detective fiction series established him as a popular author in France, successfully writing for the mass-market. Abandoning law, he became a journalist and reported on the Russian Revolution, but in 1907 he began writing crime and thrillers which became very popular. The life of Gaston Leroux (1868-1927) had its own dramas: he apparently gambled away the millions he inherited (and that was in the days when millions were millions) and only narrowly avoided bankruptcy (in the days when bankruptcy meant absolute ruin). I wonder if they were as confused by it as I was: veterans of Wilkie Collins The Woman in Whiteand other mystery novels of the period, they were perhaps more used to Gothic melodrama? ** Single print order can either print or save as PDF.I’ve never seen the Andrew Lloyd Webber version of Phantom of the Opera so I came to this book as innocent of its plot as Gaston Leroux’s readers were when it was first published in 1911. If the icon is greyed then these notes can not be transposed. Please check "notes" icon for transpose options. * Where transpose of The Phantom Of The Opera sheet music available ( not all our notes can be transposed) & prior to print. Be careful to transpose first then print (or save as PDF). If your desired notes are transposable, you will be able to transpose them after purchase. If you selected -1 Semitone for score originally in C, transposition into B would be made. This means if the composers started the song in original key of the score is C, 1 Semitone means transposition into C#. If it is completely white simply click on it and the following options will appear: Original, 1 Semitione, 2 Semitnoes, 3 Semitones, -1 Semitone, -2 Semitones, -3 Semitones. You can do this by checking the bottom of the viewer where a "notes" icon is presented. Most of our scores are traponsosable, but not all of them so we strongly advise that you check this prior to making your online purchase. If not, the notes icon will remain grayed. If transposition is available, then various semitones transposition options will appear. In order to transpose click the "notes" icon at the bottom of the viewer. After you complete your order, you will receive an order confirmation e-mail where a download link will be presented for you to obtain the notes. This week we are giving away Michael Buble 'It's a Wonderful Day' score completely free.
