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I also have some of Dad's WWII stuff on this site: Story 1: shot down over the Pacific, Story 2: aftermath of a Kamikaze strike (part 1), Story 2: aftermath of a Kamikaze strike (part 2), and the VB-19 Bombing Nineteen Squadron home page.

Because these renditions are 100% computer-generated, printing the sheet music for them is relatively easy. Price for sheet music: you have to send me a tape of your performance! :-) Send me some e-mail about it with the AOL thing at the bottom of the page.

Click on the album cover
to see the lyrics for the songs on any of the albums below
then go to garageband.com to hear the MP3 files

	The first album (Hugh Emerson: Depressed)	Songs written from the junior high years up to the Kirksville years, 1972-1983. The album title is somewhat deceptive; the album isn't about being depressed. Contains my single biggest hit, "U.B." Most of these songs are on my garageband.com page.
	The second album (Hugh Emerson: Born Again)	Songs inspired by events from the years 1983-1995. Again, the album title is somewhat deceptive; not all the songs are spiritual in nature. The other two songs I contributed to the "composers in Columbia" contest, "Limbo" and "Shade of Magenta" are on this album. Most of these songs are on my garageband.com page.
	The third album (Requiem / Crime and Punishment)	Contains the two longest works to date: the Requiem in F (in Latin), possibly the happiest mass for the dead ever written, and the music from "Crime and Punishment: the musical" The movements of the Requiem is available on my garageband.com page. It would give me great pleasure to know whenever this music is played or performed at a memorial service.
	The fourth album (A Counterpoint Christmas)	There's kind of a game involved with most of these arrangements: this is a collection of familiar songs with other melodies going on at the same time. The point of the game is to guess what the familiar melody is going to be before it happens. In some cases, the countermelody is original, and in some cases, the countermelody is a familiar tune as well. Most of these songs are on my garageband.com page or my "vanity" site, www.emersonguys.com/hugh.
	The fifth album (Andy and his Magic Webcam)	Songs written since 1995. Not many ready yet. The songs I have ready are available from my garageband.com page.

• Five Nursery Rhymes for Kittens -- a short song cycle (has its own page)
  • Invitation
  • Not on the Bed
  • The Catnip Dance
  • Chimera
  • Run Kitten Run
• A trio of songs written for the Century Singers at Texas A&M in MP3 format:
  • Aggie Fugue Hullaballo, canneck, canneck and all that jazz.
  • Counties in Texas For lyrics, consult an atlas! :-)
  • Counterpoint of the Aggie Animals (Coyotes and frogs and cows. Oh my!) (lyrics)
• For some barbershop quartet arrangements/countermelodies, go here. Some of the songs there:
  • Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod)
  • Du Bist Wie Eine Blume
  • The Story of the Rose (Heart of My Heart) with countermelody
  • The Star-Spangled Banner
  • America the Beautiful
  • Fight Songs for the University of Missouri
  • Alma Mater for the University of Missouri
  • The Maple Leaf Rag
  • Christmas Songs
• Fraternity Songs I wrote for various Greek-letter organizations
  • Song for Omega Beta Chi
  • My Phi Mu Alpha Girl
  • My SAI Man (Sigma Alpha Iota)
  • Chapter Song for Epsilon Pi (Sigma Alpha Iota)
  • A Tasteful Catch (Phi Mu Alpha)
• Tiger, Tiger was written for the MU University Singers and is dedicated to the memory of AEE. It is in MP3 format.

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