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Sheet Music of the Week: Long Distance Spooning Edition

Posted by: Pat Padua

In the days before Skype and IMs, human communication over great distances was transmitted in a charmingly antiquated manner.  In this week’s featured Sheet Music, the singer reassures his far away beloved that “I think I’ve found a way/We can spoon each day.” “Shut your eyes and make believe” was transmitted from the pens of …

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Sheet Music of the Week: Bicycle Bloomers Edition

Posted by: Pat Padua

In Washington, meteorological spring came in like a lamb. In the Muse would like to take this fair-weather opportunity to revisit last week’s bicycle theme with M. Florence’s “Bloomer March,” which if the illustration is to be believed,   conveys the fin de siècle pleasures of riding a bicycle while dressed in bloomers.  Florence dedicates the …

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Sheet Music of the Week: Aching Heart Edition

Posted by: Cait Miller

The past couple of years we’ve taken time out on Valentine’s Day to highlight love songs and love letters from the Music Division’s collections; however, Valentine’s Day is not exactly everyone’s favorite day of the year. I scoured our digitized sheet music for a selection that might speak to those who are not in love, the …

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Sheet Music of the Week: Roses of Picardy

Posted by: Cait Miller

I’m sure there are plenty of In the Muse readers who share my love for the hit series Downton Abbey airing on PBS (am I right?). Every week I tune in to the addictive British period drama and a couple of weeks ago I swooned during that wonderful closing scene where Lady Mary sings “If …

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Sheet Music of the Week: Great Mustaches Edition

Posted by: Pat Padua

The annual World Beard and Mustache Championship is several months away.  In the Muse, while personally lacking in competition-level hirsuteness, could not wait that long to share this specimen with its readership. The Music Division’s Civil War Sheet Music Collection contains a number of pieces composed or arranged by C. L. Peticolas, including the “Appomatox …