For years — for decades! — my heart and my hands longed to get ahold of sheet music for some … More
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“In the Summer of His Years” (Tribute to the Late President John Fitzgerald Kennedy)
I’ve found any manner of sheet music curiosities at library bookstores and library sales. Sometimes these have a story to … More
Carter Burwell: “Fargo, North Dakota” (based on the folk melody, “Den Bortkomne Sauen”)
Was I excited to find sheet music for Carter Burwell’s “Fargo, North Dakota”? In the words of Frances McDormand’s famously … More
Elvis Costello and Anne Sofie von Otter: “Green Song”
I genuinely never expected to find this sheet music. “Green Song” is a wistful, aching ballad from mezzo-soprano Anne Sofie … More
Floyd Cramer: “Last Date”
It may be sacrilege to admit this, but I didn’t recognize this Floyd Cramer song by title when I picked … More
The Sesame Street Songbook
This edition of “The Sesame Street Songbook” collects sheet music for forty songs from the groundbreaking and beloved children’s TV … More
kd lang's cover of "Hallelujah"
How many versions of the Leonard Cohen song, “Hallelujah,” does a person need to have in their piano bench? It’s … More
So Many Songbooks 