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Advertising Through Marching: Sheet Music at LPA

by Karen Burke, Music Division, Library for the Performing Arts
August 24, 2012

The Music Division has an amazing amount of sheet music, much of which is not listed in the online catalog. Over the years, some of this sheet music has been compiled into different collections. One of these collections called, P.I. Marches or Popular Instrumental Marches, contains marches that were arranged for the piano.

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