Composer
William Bay
Composer, guitarist, trumpet player and music educator
3,069 works and musical collections
Biography
William Bay combines work as a guitarist and trumpet player with composing, teaching and music publishing. His performing and writing experience spans jazz, rock, classical and sacred music. He earned his bachelor's degree at Washington University in St. Louis and a master's degree at the University of Missouri.
Bay's work with Mel Bay Publications connects his performing experience with instructional publishing. The Guitar Foundation of America credits him with more than 200 books and documents his work across jazz, rock, classical and sacred repertoire.
Written from Guitar Foundation of America: Biography — Bill Bay.
Life and musical career
- Roles
- Composer; instrumentalist; instructional author; music publisher
- Instruments played
- Guitar; trumpet
- Education
- Washington University in St. Louis; University of Missouri
- Styles documented by source
- Jazz; rock; classical; sacred
- Publishing affiliation
- Mel Bay Publications
Sources: Guitar Foundation of America: Biography — Bill Bay.
In this catalogue
- Common listed instruments
- Guitar, Flute, Harmonica, violin, Trumpet
- Genres represented
- Jazz, Rock, Blues, Country, Folk
- Source entries with composition dates
- 0
These details describe the indexed sheet music, including arrangements.
Catalogue
Sheet music catalogue page 1 of 64
Instruments describe listed editions, including arrangements. Composition dates and keys appear where recorded; collection pages show their individual contents.
| Title | Work details | Listed instruments | Sheet music |
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| As with Gladness Men of Old | See work details |
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| Reference Chord Table (Key of A) | See work details |
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| Come, Thou Long Expected Jesus (Hyfrydol) | See work details |
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| Angels From The Realms Of Glory (Regent Square) | See work details |
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| Angels We Have Heard On High (Gloria) | See work details |
7 more instruments
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| Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home? | See work details |
5 more instruments
| View sheet music |
| My Faith Has Found A Resting Place (Landas) | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Joy To The World (Antioch) | See work details |
1 more instruments
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| Come, Ye Faithful, Raise The Strain (St. Kevin) | See work details |
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| O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fidelis) | See work details |
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| O For A Thousand Tongues To Sing (Azmon) | See work details |
1 more instruments
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| Sailing Sailing | See work details |
2 more instruments
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| Low In The Grave He Lay (Christ Arose) | See work details |
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| O Come, O Come, Emmanuel (Veni Emmanuel) | See work details |
2 more instruments
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| Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence (Picardy) | See work details |
1 more instruments
| View sheet music |
| What Child Is This (Greensleeves) | See work details |
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| Wait Till The Sun Shines Nellie | See work details |
3 more instruments
| View sheet music |
| Pop Goes the Weasel | See work details |
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| Lord, Speak To Me (Canonbury) | See work details |
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| O Master, Let Me Walk With Thee (Maryton) | See work details |
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| Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (Mendelssohn) | See work details |
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| Jesus, The Very Thought Of Thee (St. Agnes) | See work details |
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| When I Survey The Wondrous Cross (Hamburg) | See work details |
1 more instruments
| View sheet music |
| There Is A Fountain (Cleansing Fountain) | See work details |
1 more instruments
| View sheet music |
| My Country 'Tis Of Thee (America) | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| When The Saints Go Marching In | See work details |
1 more instruments
| View sheet music |
| Work & excerpts The Marines' Hymn | See work details | Check individual editions | View sheet music |
| F# Minor Chord (F#m) | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Work & excerpts Key of A | See work details | Check individual editions | View sheet music |
| Basic Blues Runs (Key of A) | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Strollin' The Bass | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| I've Been Workin' On The Railroad | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Francesco Carlo Zucco | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| 01) How to Read Chord Diagrams | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| Open Now Thy Gates Of Beauty (Unser Herrscher) | See work details |
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| Fairest Lord Jesus (St. Elizabeth) | See work details |
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| Nearer, My God To Thee (Bethany) | See work details |
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| O Little Town Of Bethlehem (St. Louis) | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| The Lord Is My Shepherd (Psalm 23) | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Hail Hail The Gang's All Here | See work details |
6 more instruments
| View sheet music |
| Coventry Carol | See work details |
4 more instruments
| View sheet music |
| Heavenly Father We Appreciate You | See work details |
2 more instruments
| View sheet music |
| Additional Chord Forms | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Playtime (1:03) | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Pull Offs (:18) | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Oh Where Has My Little Dog Gone | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Believe Me, If All Those Endearing Charms | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Further Picking Studies | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |