An Embarrassment of Riches

 

If you’re not a music teacher, feel free to skip this post entirely. Even if you are, it will be exhausting to read through the titles of all the pieces we recorded at The San Francisco School between 1983 and 2012. But in case you’ve ever doubted how hard music teachers can work, well, here’s some tangible evidence. Not a single piece is a score that we bought, but an arrangement that we ourselves created, often with the contributions of the children. That’s a large creative legacy. 

 

And to set the record straight, the recordings from 1983 through 1990 came from the time when I was the only music teacher. Between 1991 and 1996, James Harding contributed some of his work. In 1997, Mahala Bundy added some of her pieces. 1998-99, Sofia Lopez Ibor added some. From 2000 on, James, Sofia and I equally contributed to the repertoire.

 

Here’s the list. If you're in the mood for a game, see how many of these pieces you recognize. Or read it if you have trouble going to sleep and see if you can get to the bottom still awake! Enjoy!

·     9:20 Special

·     A Dongko Dongko 

·     A Farmer Went Trotting

·     A La Entrada/ Farandole 

·     A Thrill from the Blues 

·     A You’re Adorable

·     ABC

·     ABC (Jackson 5)

·     ABCD

·     Abogae

·     Acorn Dance

·     Adieumus

·     Adios Mis Ojitos

·     Adjee

·     Aeolian Dance

·     Aeolian Piece 1 

·     Aeolian Piece 2 

·     Agahu 

·     Agbekor 

·     Aide Jano 

·     Ala D’Alona

·     Alarripu

·     Ali Pasa

·     All Blues

·     All My Life

·     Alla Irish 

·     Alla Turca

·     Alligator

·     Alphabet. The

·     Also Sprach  Zarathustra

·      Amadinda

·      Ame Kon Kon

·      America

·      Amesie

·     An Dro

·     Andahuaylillas

·     Animal compositions

·     Animal medley

·     Animals

·     Anna 

·     Another Jig

·     Apple Tree

·     Apples, Peaches, Pears and Plums

·     Areia

·     Aria from Bastien and Bastienna

·     Armenian Lullaby

·     As I Was Going to St. Ives

·     Asturias 

·     Autumn Leaves

·     Autumn Time

·     Awo Ma

·     Ayazein

·     Ayele

·     Ayengena

·     Babethandnza

·     Babushenka

·     Baeat el Ward

·     Bag’s Groove

·     Bags 'n' Trane

·     Bahka

·     Bailare Tu Son

·     Bali Angklung 

·     Bali Bonang 

·     Bamboo Piece 

·     Banana Song, The 

·     Baris

·     Basin St. Blues

·     Basket Dance Song

·     Basque Lullaby

·     Bate Bate Chocolate

·     Beans and Cornbread 

·     Bees Make Honey

·     Bell Horses

·     Bella Bimba

·     Bella bimba

·     Bethena 

·     Betty Botter

·     Betty Botter

·     Between the Devil

·     Billy and Me 

·     Birds of a Feather

·     Birk’s Works

·     Blackbird /Bach

·     Blackbirds' Party

·     Blue Bells

·     Blue is the Sea

·     Blue Moon

·     Blue Rondo a la Turk

·     Blue Skies/ In Walked Bud

·     Blue Tuesday

·     Bluebells

·     Bluebird

·     Blues for DP

·     Blues for Juanita

·     Blues Legacy

·     Body Percussion

·     Body percussion I

·     Body percussion II 

·     Bolero

·     Bolivian Folk Song 

·     Bon Joseph  

·     Boom Chick a Boom

·     Boomakalele

·     Boots Shining Leath.

·     Borboletas

·     Bottom Line. The

·     Bourée  

·     Branle de Champagne

·     Branle de la Montarde

·     Bright Blues

·     Broccoli Walk, The

·     Bubble Bubble

·     Buckle My Shoe

·     Bumblebee

·     Butterfly

·     Butterfly poems

·     Bye-Ya

·     Cafe 

·     Caimarusa

·     Calango Tango

·     Calf Has Broken Loose, The 

·     Can Can

·     Canario

·     Canon

·     Canon (Gunild Keetman)

·     Canon for Xylophones 

·     Canon for Xylos

·     Canon No. 44

·     Canta Pajarito

·     Cante Corum

·     Canteloupe Island

·     Cantiga 100

·     Cantiga 159

·     Cantiga 179

·     Cantiga 353

·     Caravan

·     Carbonero 

·     Carmina Burana

·     Carnavalito

·     Carol of the Bells

·     Castaway

·     Caterpillar/Butterfly

·     Centerpiece 

·     Chameleon

·     Chanticleer

·     Charaza 

·     Charlie Wag

·     Chattanooga Choo 

·     Chattanooga Choo Choo

·     Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White

·     Chicken on the Fencepost

·     Children of Pireaus

·     Chinese Lion Dance  

·     Chitlins con Carne

·     Chofercito de Mala Suerte 

·     Choucoune

·     Chu Ku Wu

·     Chyrsalis Diary

·     C-Jam Blues

·     Clap Your Hands

·     Clock

·     Cobbler, Cobbler 

·     Cock Robin 

·     Cold Duck Time

·     Come Butter Come

·     Comedian’s Galop

·     Coming Home Baby

·     Comparsa 

·     Con El Vito  

·     Continental, The

·     Cookie jar

·     Courting Song

·     Cow Song  

·     Cow, The

·     Criss Cross Applesauce

·     Criss-Cross Canon

·     Crooked Man

·     Cry of the Rainforest 

·     Cuckoo

·     Cuckoo Comes April

·     Cuckoo in the Clock

·     Cumbia 

·     Cunti Simus

·     Cure, The

·     Cure, The 

·     Curruloao

·     Czech Song

·     Dagomba Xylophone

·     Daisy Bell

·     Dance Me to End 

·     Dance of the Yi People

·     Danza de las Hachas

·     Danza del Fuego

·      Danza del Viento

·      Das Klinget so Herrlich

·     Davy Dumpling 

·     De Allacito

·     De Colores

·      De Lanterna Na Mao

·      Der Vogelfanger

·      Derkpee

·     Diddle Dumpling

·     Dido´s lament

·     Dikole

·     Diwali

·     Dizzy Atmosphere

·     Doctor Foster

·     Don’t Get Around Much Anymore

·     Don’t Let the wind

·     Donkey 

·     Donkey, Donkey 

·     Dought Re Mi

·     Down tine the Meado

·     Down Under

·     Down, Down, Baby

·     Dr. Seuss

·      Drum duets

·      Du du Kipo Kapo

·     E Macumbabebe 

·     Early Autumn

·     Earth Day Rap 

·     East is East

·     Easy Boogie 

·     Ecce Gratum

·     Echo Song

·     Ecossaise

·     Eighth Grade Blues

·     El Cuevanuco

·     El Cumbanchero

·     El Flor de Santa Cruz 

·     El Grillo

·     El Hombre Celoso

·     El Huateque

·     El Pajaro Chogul

·     El Rey Nimrod

·     El Tambor 

·     El Tortillero 

·     El Tren Chucu Chuc

·     El Trencito

·     El Trencito Corre

·     El Vendedor de Seda

·     Elemental Music

·     Elephant, The

·     Elf Play Medley

·     Emperor’s Groove

·     Engine Engine

·     Ennerokaya

·     Ennstaler Polka

·     Ententina

·     Ententino’

·     Enter the Gladiators

·     Equinox

·     Escondido 

·     Etude

·     Eucador

·     Everybody Loves Saturday Night 

·     Expand and Contract

·     F.D.F.L 

·     Fais Dodo

·     Fandango

·     Farandole

·     Farewell to Stromness

·     Farmer

·     Farmer Went Trotting

·     Fascinatin’ Rhythm

·     Fatou Yo

·     Fever

·     Fiddle de dee

·     Fiddle de Dee

·     Fietsie Foetsie

·     Finlandia

·     Firebird Finale

·     Fish is Fresh, The

·     Five Currant Buns

·     Five Dollar

·     Five Eggs

·     Five-Beat Jump 

·     Flamingo

·     Florcita de Alheli

·     Flower and Pig

·     Flower Ball Song/ShaoLao Shu

·     Fog

·     Fonwayinfuyo

·     Food song

·     Fragrant Herbs 

·     Freddie Freeloader

·     Frederick

·     Freedom is Coming Eeyi ya ye

·     Friday the 13^th

·     From Wibbleton to Wobbleton

·     Fufu Song

·     Full Fathom Five

·     Funga Alafia 

·     Funky town

·     Gahu

·     Galliard d' Angleterre

·     Gamelan

·     Garden Song

·     Gathering Peascods

·     Giga 

·     Gingerbread

·     Gladys

·     Go Down Emmanuel

·     Goddesses

·     Golden Gate 75

·     Golden Goose, The

·     Good Morning Mrs. Hen 

·     Goose Game

·     Grandpa Grigg

·     Great Wall of China

·     Green Chimneys

·     Green Sally Up

·     Greensleeves

·     Greensleeves

·     Gregory Griggs 

·     Guabina

·     Habanera

·     Hambone

·     Hand Hand Fingers Thumb

·     Hannah Bantry

·     Happy-Go-Lucky Local

·     Hati-aya 

·     Have You Ever Been Mistreated

·     Heart and Soul 

·     Heather Breeze 

·     Helele

·     Here I Sit

·     Hey Bar Limbo

·     Hickery Dickery Dock

·     Hickety Pickety

·     Hills 

·     Hit the Road, Jack! 

·     Hodoraoaga

·     Hojaki

·     Hole in the Wall

·     Honeysuckle Rose/ I Hear Music

·     Hopi Corn Chants Canon in 3

·     Horo Harrabarra 

·     Hotorau Koi

·     House that Jack Built, The

·     How Insensitive

·     How Much Wood?

·     Huayno de Peru

·     Humming Song (Trallerliedchen)

·     Humoresque

·     Humpty Dumpty

·     Humpty Dumpty

·     Humpty Dumpty

·     Hungarian Song

·     Hypnotizing Music

·      I Ain’t Got Nothin’ But the Blues

·      I Am Inside

·      I Feel Pretty

·      I Got Rhythm

·      I Got Rhythm

·      I Got Rhythm Medley

·      I Left My Heart in San Francisco

·      I Like Coffee

·      I Lost My Shoe 

·      I Saw Esau

·     I’m a Little Cracker

·     I’m Beginning to See the Light

·     I’m So Glad I’m Here

·     Ickle Ockle

·     Improvisation

·     In a Mellow Tone

·     In the Hall of the Mountain King

·     In the Mood

·     In Village Square

·     Inocencia 

·     Intery Mintery

·     Ipharadisi

·     Irish Dance

·     Irish Polka

·     Irish Washerwoman

·     Isn’t It Funny

·     Iste Hendek 

·     It Don’t Mean a Thing

·     It Don’t Mean thing

·     Ja Da 

·     Jack Sprat

·     Japanese Lullaby

·     Jasmine Flower

·     Jeepers Creepers

·     Jegog

·     Jelly on a Plate

·     Jeremiah Blow the Fire

·     Jeremiah Obediah

·     Jersey Bounce

·     Jig Jog Jig

·     Jiggety Jig

·     Jitterbug Waltz

·     Jive at Five

·     Jo Jo

·     Jody Grind, The

·     Johnny Johnny

·     John's Waterproof Boots 

·     Jolly Red Nose

·     Jucku

·     Jump Shamador

·     Jumpin' at the Woodside

·     Jumpin with Symphony Sid

·     Jupiter

·     Just a Gigolo

·     Kabuye Kanjye

·     Kanbile

·     Kapotso

·     Karra Guruya

·     Keep Your Eyes 

·     Keys of Canterbury, The

·     Killer Joe

·     Klong Yao

·     Kokoleoko 

·     Kol Dodi 

·     Kontobile

·     Kookaburra

·     Kpanlogo 

·     Kreutztanz 

·     Krummavisur

·     Kuckuck

·     Kukkuu 

·      Kuus Kuus Kallike

·      Kyerem 

·      Kyra Vangelio

·     La Culebra

·     La Folia 

·     La Llorona

·     La Mariposa

·     La Marmotte

·     La Paloma 

·     La Piñata

·     La Rejouissance

·     La Rotta

·     La Tarara

·     La Tempesta di Mare

·     Laideronette

·     Lakota Song

·     Lament of Isis

·      Lankesin Mie Kanacan

·      Laulan ja Laulan

·     Lay lay

·     Le Petit Negre

·     Lean on Me

·     Lele

·     Lemondade Crunchy

·     Les Bouffons

·     Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off

·     Libertango

·     Lillipop

·     Linda Oaxaca

·     Lion and the Unicorn

·     Lion and the Unicorn, The

·     Listen Here

·     Little Boy Blue

·     Little Monkeys

·     Little Mouse, The

·     Little Robin red breast

·     Liza Jane

·     Liza Jane

·     Lizela

·     London Bridge

·     Loose Tooth

·     Lord Mayo’s March

·     Los Pollitos

·     Lou Pripet

·     L-O-V-E

·     Love Somebody

·     Lover

·     Lover

·     Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds 

·     Lucy Locket

·     Luz y Sombra

·     Macaco

·     Madame Padeau 

·     Mae Preta

·     Mail Myself to You

·     Malagueña

·     Malambo

·     Mama Lama

·     Mambo Diablo

·     Man on the Moon

·     Mango Walk

·     Manha de Carnaval

·     Mano efe Dusime

·     Manteca

·     Maracatu 

·     March

·     March in D (Handel)

·     March Slav

·     Marco Poli

·     Maria Juana

·     Mariposa Siete Colores

·     Market Day by Bay

·     Mars God of War

·     Mary Ann 

·     Mary Anne

·     Mary at the Kitchen Door

·     Mary, Mary Quite Contrary

·     Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary 

·     Mastom Mastom

·     Mastom/DhamKhol

·     Matsuri Taiko

·     Mazurka in F Major

·     Medieval Medley

·     Memphis Underground

·     Mercy Mercy

·     Mercy, Mercy, Mercy 

·     Merry Hours 

·     Midnight Sun

·     Militza

·     Milky Way

·     Milonga

·     Miro Poem 1/2

·     Miserlou

·     Miserlou

·     Miss Polly

·     Misterioso

·     Moanin’

·     Moondance

·     Moonglow

·     Morning

·     Morning Song

·     Moses

·     Mountain Mist

·     Mrs. Hen

·     Murasameno

·     Musical Moment

·     Mussle Shell

·     Muzi Muzi

·     My Blue Heaven

·     My Little Suede Shoes 

·     Na Lugu

·     Nacidadau Purinini

·     Naka Naka Hoi

·     Nampayano

·     Nantele

·     Naranja Dulce

·     Native American Dances

·     New Kind of Love

·     New Year’s Processional

·     Nice Work If You Can Get It

·     Night 

·     Night Train

·     Night Train

·     Night Winds Blow

·     Nightingale, The

·     No Blues *

·     Nobilis Humilis

·     Non Pui Andrai

·     Nonesuch

·     Norsuobie

·     North Wind

·     Nostalgia in Times Square

·     Now We Are Six

·     Now’s the Time

·     Nutty

·     Nyandolo

·     Oast, Peas, Beans and Barley

·     Obla di Oblada

·     Ode to Fish 

·     Ode to Osiris

·     Oh Cousin Wait for Me

·     Oh Emma Oh

·     Oh How Light

·     Oh Shenadoah

·     Oh Susanna

·     Okina Taiko

·     Old Betty Larkin

·     Old Castle, The

·     Old King Cole

·     Old Man Mosie

·     Old Woman in the Shoe

·     Once I Caught a Fish Alive

·     One Note Samba 

·     One Potato

·     One Potato, Two Potato

·     One Step t. Freedom

·     One Two Three Medley

·     One Two Tie My Shoe

·     Opposites

·     Opus One

·     Orientis Partibus

·     Over the Rainbow

·     Over the Rainbow

·     Owl, The

·     Oye Como Va

·     Pachelbel Canon

·     Pages Train

·     Palladio 

·     Papageno 

·     Para Ti

·     Pashtu Song

·     Pasta Song

·     Pastre di Mountagno 

·     Pata Pata

·     Pavan

·     Pavane of the Sleeping Beauty

·     Pavo Pavito

·     Peace Like a River

·     Pease Porridge Hot 

·     Peite Peite

·     Pennsylvania 6-5000

·     Pent-Up House

·     People All Over the World

·     Perastus Perakambus 

·     Perdido

·     Perekai

·     Peter Piper 

·     Petit Pas de Quatre

·     Petrushka

·     Pfrancin’

·     Phrygian Fandango

·     Pie Suite, The

·     Piggy Piggy Pooh

·     Pink Panther

·     Playground Chants

·     Pobre Ningue

·     Poco Loco

·     Poems

·     Poinciana

·     Polka 

·     Pong Pang

·     Postman Postman

·     Propiñan El Melyor

·     Provatakia

·     Provencal Dance

·     Punchinellos

·     Pupu

·     Puss Came Dancing 

·     Pustono Ludo

·     Putineli Rando

·     Puttin’ on the Ritz

·     Q’aqcha 

·     Quajchas

·     Queen Caroline

·     Quiero Ser Sombra

·     Rain Medley

·     Rain Medley

·     Rain on the Green Grass 

·     Rain Rain Go Away

·     Rainy Day Blues

·     REM Blues

·     Ricik Ricik 

·     Rico Vacilon

·     Riddles

·     Rigadon Bressan

·     Riha

·     Rivers of Babylon, The

·     Robbin’s Nest

·     Rollin Down to Old Maui

·     Rolly Poly

·     Rondo in C

·     Rondo Scherzo 

·     Rose speech piece

·     Roses Are Red

·     Rules

·     Rumanian Song

·     Run and Welcome Me

·     Russian Song

·     Sa ig Spoa

·     Saints Go Marchin' In

·     Salley Gardens

·     Sally Go Round the Sun

·     Saltarello

·     Samba Batucada  

·     Samba do Brazil 

·     Samba Lele

·     Sapito 

·     Sapito que tunga

·     Sar Sar Sar Makara

·     Sarasponda

·     Satin Doll

·     Savoy Greeting

·     Science Fair Blues

·     Scottish Piece

·     Se Va La Lancha

·     Sea Jam Blues

·     Secret Song

·     Sednaloe Djore Dos

·     Seidamarei

·     Seven Steps

·     Shadow Play Music 

·     Shalom Chaverim

·     Shiny Stockings

·     Shipwrecked

·     Shoe a Little Horse

·     Shoo Fly

·     Shoran Bushi

·     Sidewinder

·     Sigi Sagan

·     Silence

·     Silver Moon-

·     Silver Moon Boat  

·     Simple Simon

·     Sin Do Le Le

·     Sine Musica

·     Sing Song Kitty

·     Sing, Sing, Sing

·     Six Little Dukcs

·     Siyahamba

·     Siyahamba

·     Skaleiung

·     Skarazula Marazula

·     SKJ

·     Skopska Crnorka 

·     Sky Boat Song

·     Sky Is Cryin’ Blues

·     Slavonic Dances

·     Slip Jig medley

·     Snap! Crackle! Pop! 

·     Snowman 

·     Snowy May

·     Somewhere Over the Rainbow

·     Son Macaron

·     Song for my Father

·     Song of Peace

·     Sonnymoon for Two

·     Soul Sauce

·     Sounds of Silence

·     Soup,Soup 

·     Step Back Baby

·     St. Ives

·     Stompin' at the Savoy

·     Tabuh Gari

·     Tarantella

·     Tequila

·     Tsifte Teli

·     Which Came First?

·     Walk Together Children

·     Walkin’

·     Waltz

·     Wana Wange

·     Watch What Happens 

·     Water is Wide/ Distant Shore

·     Watermelon Man

·     Way By and By

·     Way Down Yonder in Brickyard

·     We Love to Boogie 

·     We Nyeme

·     We Shall Overcome

·     We Wish You Love

·     Wed. Night Prayer

·     Wee Willie Winkie

·     Well You Needn’t/Syeeda’s Song  Flute 

·     What I’ll Do with the Baby o

·     What is the Milky Way? 

·     When Johnny Was 1

·     When Johnny Was one

·     When the Saints

·     When You Wish Upon a Star

·     Which Came First 

·     Who Fed the Chickens?

·     Who Stole the Cookies 

·     Who’s Got the Penny

·     Whoops Johnny

·     Wise Is the Wind

·     Witch Witch

·     Witches and Ghosts

·     Work Song

·     Worst yet to Come

·     Would He Like It

·     Xio Ming

·     Ya Bara

·     Yaayaakole

·     Yaqui Dance

·     Yaravi

·     Yemaya 

·     Yerakina

·     Yes Sir, No Sir

·     Yesterdays

·     Yule

·     Zapatito 

·     Zion Me Wanna Go