The Most Paged Scores and Songbooks

The San Francisco Public Library has long assisted musicians in finding music for their professional, educational and recreational needs.  We keep certain popular music in reference at our page desk in order to assure that the music is always available.  In most cases, library patrons are happy to be able to make a copy of the music for their own individual, noncommercial enjoyment in line with the Fair Use provisions of the copyright law.  The library public often makes for their own recreational pleasure or to practice for an audition.

The most-paged items are frequently collections of musical theatre songs, omnibus song collections, and fake books.  The theatre songbooks are sometimes compiled for a vocal range as are the fake books for the bass clef, Bb and Eb instruments.  The two most uncharacteristic scores on this list are the Collected Piano Music of Jelly Roll Morton and the Ancient Music of Ireland, both of which must somehow reflect the musical tastes of our city.

SCORE 784.5 R229 2006 - The Real Vocal Book (Hal Leonard, 2006-2007).

SCORE 784.21 Si64s - The Singer's Musical Theatre Anthology. Soprano (Hal Leonard, 1986-2008).

SCORE 784.21 Si64m - The Singer's Musical Theatre Anthology. Mezzo-soprano/Belter (Hal Leonard, 1986-2008).

SCORE 786.4 M846f - The Collected Piano Music by Ferdinand Jelly Roll Morton (Smithsonian Institution Press, 1982).

SCORE 784.21 Si64b - The Singer's Musical Theatre Anthology. Baritone/Bass (Hal Leonard, 1986-2008).

SCORE 784.5 B46257 2008 - The Best Fake Book Ever: Over 1000 songs (Hal Leonard, 2008).

SCORE 782.7 So57i 1989 - Into The Woods: A New Musical / music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim (Warner Bros. Publications, 1989).

SCORE 785.42 R2291 2004b - The Real Book. [Bass clef] (Hal Leonard, 2004).

SCORE 784.5 G565 1985 - The Golden Era of Nostalgic Music (Columbia Pictures Publications, 1985).

SCORE 784.5 P57378 - Piano White Pages (Hal Leonard, 2006).

SCORE 784.492 B8863a - The Ancient Music of Ireland: An Edition Comprising The Three Collections By Edward Bunting Originally Published in 1796, 1809, and 1840 (Waltons' Piano and Musical Instrument Galleries, 1969).

SCORE 784.5 M8557 2000 - The Most Fantastic Fakebook In The World (Warner Bros. Publications, 2000).

SCORE 784.5 H1295 - Hal Leonard Real Jazz Book / C edition (Hal Leonard, 199-?).

SCORE 782.83 M8687 2008 - The Movie Fake Book (Hal Leonard, 2008).

SCORE - 785.42 B105 1984 - The Bb real book (s.n., 1984?).

SCORE 784.5 W413 2005 - Wedding & Love Fake Book (Hal Leonard, 2005).

SCORE 780.82 C5694 2003 - Classical Fake Book (Hal Leonard, 2005).

SCORE 784.8 HP1950:3 - Popular Songs of The 1950s (Music Department. San Francisco Public Library, ??).

SCORE 784.5 T3495 - This Is The Ultimate Fake Book / C edition (Hal Leonard, 1981-1985).

SCORE 784.5 J982 - Just Standards Real Book / C edition (Warner Bros. Publications, 2001).

SCORE 784.5 G9493 - Guitar Tab White Pages (Hal Leonard, 2001-2005).

SCORE 784.21 D3619 2005 - The Definitive Broadway Collection (Hal Leonard, 2005).