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    <title>Desideratum - songbook</title>

    <description>

        Details about the songbook I created for a collection of my own music

    </description>

    <visibility>public</visibility>

    <image>desideratum-cover-front-full.jpeg</image>

    <category>Music</category>

    <category>Piano</category>

    <category>Music transcription</category>

    <category>Guitar</category>

    <series order="4">Printed songbooks</series>

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<p>

    In May 2026 I printed a songbook of a bunch of my own music. Originally it was

    just going to be piano music, and while I had about 10 pieces transcribed,

    it was only around 50 pages, so I needed some filler.

</p>

<p>

    You can listen to many of the songs in the book on my

    <a href="https://music.tmont.com/">music website</a>.

</p>

<p>

    "Desideratum" is a reference to an article from 1944 I read for my riveting college

    senior project on ternary continued fractions. I didn't believe it was a real word,

    but it truly was, and I've never forgotten it.

</p>

<p>

    I made one obvious mistake on this book: I forgot the title on the spine! That was

    mildly frustrating when I opened the box to admire my handiwork.

</p>

<hr />

<p>

    The book was 152 pages. I used <a href="https://www.onpressbookprinting.com/">OnPress</a> 

    for printing. It cost $183 to print five books, including tax/shipping.

</p>

<h2>Images</h2>

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            <caption>Front cover</caption>

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            <caption>Back cover</caption>

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            <caption>Pages 54-55</caption>

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    <div>

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            <caption>Pages 80-81</caption>

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    <div>

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            <caption>Pages 96-97</caption>

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<h2>Download</h2>

<p>

    You can download the full book in PDF format

    <glacius:link file="desideratum-complete.pdf">here</glacius:link>.

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