Funeral March for a Marionette is,perhaps, composer Charles Gounod's most famous composition. This is largelybecause it was used as the theme song of the popular 1950s television series AlfredHitchkok Presents.

Gounod wrote the piece in 1872. Thepiece, originally for piano, describes the story of a marionette who is killedin a duel. In the original score, Gounod included comments in French matchingthe action in the story to the music:

· La Marionnette est cassée!!!(The marionette is broken!!!)

· Murmure de regrets de la troupe(Murmurs of regret from the troupe)

· Le Cortège (The procession)

· Ici plusieurs des principaux personnages de la troupes'arrêtent pour se rafraîchir (Here many of the principalpersonages stop for refreshments)

· Retour à la maison (Return to the house)

The picture on the cover is thefirst page of the original publication.

You are welcome to try some of myother arrangements. In addition to the songs offered on this site (you can seethem at http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/search?Ntt=Yoel Epstein), I have arranged three songs from the Holocaust, which I arranged anddistribute for free on IMSLP. You can find them at http://imslp.org/wiki/Category:Ravpapa.If you need arrangements of any of these songs for specialcombinations of instruments, feel free to contact and#8233;me,and I will try to accommodate. Write me at yoelepst@gmail.com. Hope you enjoy.

With this sheet music, you can play "Georgia On My Mind" on piano!

It's an accurate, playable piano arrangement of Ray Charles' famous recording of this beautiful jazz standard.

The full melody is included in the piano part, so it makes for a perfect instrumental (piano solo) cover.
Of course, you can also use this piano arrangement to accompany a singer, or sing along yourself - this sheet music includes a system for the singer, as well as the song's full lyrics!

First recorded in 1930 by Hoagy Carmichael (who composed the song to lyrics by Stuart Gorrell), "Georgia On My Mind" was famously recorded by Ray Charles for his 1960 album "The Genius Hits the Road".

The song became his first No. 1 hit, and his recording was declared the official state song by the State of Georgia in 1979!

"Georgia On My Mind" is a wonderful song to play on the piano - with this sheet music, you can play it too!

I was asked to play the famous ?Toccata? from Widor?s 5th Organ Symphony for a bride as she came down the aisle. As the piece in its entirety was far too long I put together an abridged and somewhat simplified version for the occasion. The tricky middle section and hand-crossing have been omitted without sacrificing the spirit of the piece and the pedal part has also been reduced and simplified. The registration is left entirely to the organist?s discretion depending on the specification of the instrument. An mp3 file of the full score is available to listen to or watch via my YouTube Channel.