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Portrait of William Bay

Composer

William Bay

Composer, guitarist, trumpet player and music educator

3,106 works in the index

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
Works with composition dates
0 of 3,106

These details describe the indexed sheet music, including arrangements.

Catalogue

Works page 33 of 65

Years are composition dates where known. Instruments describe editions in our catalogue and may include arrangements. A dash means the detail is not recorded.

Works and available sheet music details
WorkYear composedCatalogue / opusKey in titleListed instrumentsGenreEditions
Fugue — —— Guitar— 2
Guitar Lament — —— Guitar— 2
Betty And Dupree — —— Mandolin— 1
Arkansas P.Q. — —— Mandolin— 1
Long, Long Ago [:40] — —— Mandolin— 1
The Marines Hymn [:53] — —— Mandolin— 1
Darling Nellie Gray [1:33] — —— Mandolin— 1
Down In The Valley [:45] — —— Mandolin— 1
The Blue Tail Fly [:37] — —— Mandolin— 1
Skip To My Lou [:36] — —— Mandolin— 1
I Want To Be A Sailor — —— Harmonica— 2
Farewell To Summer — —— Harmonica— 2
Nine Men Slept In A Boarding House — —— Harmonica— 2
The Girl I Left Behind Me — —— Harmonica, Ukulele, Tin Whistle— 3
On Top of Old Smokey — —— Guitar, Harmonica— 1
The Last Rose Of Summer — —— Harmonica— 2
There Are Many Flags In Many Lands — —— Harmonica— 2
Ten Thousand Miles — —— Harmonica— 2
Father's Whiskers — —— Harmonica— 2
To The Races — —— Harmonica— 2
The Campbells Are Comin' — —— Harmonica— 2
The Harp That Once Through Tara's Halls — —— Harmonica— 2
The Texas Rangers — —— Harmonica— 2
Old Cowboy Song — —— Harmonica— 2
Old Rosin, The Beau — —— Harmonica— 2
Barb'ry Ellen — —— Harmonica— 1
The Butcher Boy — —— Harmonica— 1
A Wildwood Flower — —— Harmonica— 1
Stephen Foster Theme — —— Harmonica— 1
'Round The Bay Of Mexico — —— Harmonica— 1
A Child Of The King — —— Harmonica— 1
Angelina Baker — —— Harmonica— 1
Guide to Notation — —— Harmonica— 1
Hard, Ain't It Hard — —— Harmonica— 1
Heaven, Heaven — —— Harmonica— 1
The Gal I Left Behind Me — —— Trumpet, Saxophone, Harmonica— 3
Low Down Blues — —— Harmonica— 1
The Erie Canal — —— Harmonica— 1
Slow Blues Solo — —— Harmonica— 1
Ballad Of Jesse James — —— Harmonica— 1
Memphis Blues — —— Harmonica— 1
Slow Groove Blues — —— Harmonica— 1
I Am on My Way — —— Harmonica— 1
A Chords — —— Banjo— 1
B Chords — —— Banjo— 1
Blank Chord Grids — —— Banjo— 1
D Chords — —— Banjo— 1
Db/C# Chords — —— Banjo— 1