Alan Menken is an American musical theatre and film composer and pianist. He composed the scores for various Disney movies, including The Little Mermaid , Aladdin , Hercules , Beauty And The Beast . Alan Menken’s best known work was initially a collaboration with Howard Ashman on a 1989 stage musical adaptation of a 1946 French fairy tale by Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont called Beauty and the Beast . The stage musical was an enormous commercial success, setting what the New York Daily News described as “a new gold standard” for Broadway musicals. Alan Menken also co-wrote songs with lyricists Howard Ashman and Tim Rice.
Alan wrote both music and lyrics to the songs within Alan Menken – Beauty And The Beast Piano Sheet Music. Alan wrote the music for various Disney movies, including Aladdin, Pocahontas, The Little Mermaid , Hercules and Enchanted. Alan’s best known work was initially a collaboration with Howard Ashman on a 1989 stage musical adaptation of a 1946 French fairy tale by Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont called Beauty and the Beast. Alan Menken’s most recent work was on Broadway in 2000, writing music for the musical version of the film Newsies . Alan won a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music in a Play for Newsies , Alan also received two Tony Awards nominations, he was nominated in 1996 for Best Original Score for Beauty and the Beast . Alan Menken wrote the music and lyrics for Alan Menken – Beauty And The Beast Piano Sheet Music .
