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Scouting for scores

Want to play Cale? And you can read music? ... With a bit of luck you can still find the sheet music for the Songs for Drella album. Island Music Ltd London used to handle the distribition of scores and parts for Sanctus from the Paris s'eveille album. Otherwise, check this section.

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A note about the scores

They are not official, but are provided here as reference.

Zip
All scores are available for download in zip format. Use an expander like Winzip to unpack them.

Cordoba (Fragments version) (download zip)
Darling I Need You (Fragments version) (download zip)
Emily (download zip)
Engine (download zip)
Paris 1919 (Fragments version) (download zip)

Official scores?

Three scores, all taken from the Songs for Drella album, can be found at sheetmusicdirect.com. You can view the first page for free. You have to pay a small sum to get the whole thing.