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William Finn

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William Alan Finn (February 28, 1952 - April 7, 2025) was an award-winning American composer and lyricist, especially of musicals. William Finn grew up in Natick, Massachusetts with his parents and siblings, Michael and Nancy. He majored in music at Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts. He lived with his life partner in New York City and Pittsfield, MA, where he was an independent composer and writer. He was also "Adjunct Faculty Composer/Lyricist" at NYU.

Top songs

  1. Brain Dead
  2. And They're Off
  3. Heart and Music
  4. I'd Rather Be Sailing
  5. Falsettoland / About Time
  6. You Got to Die Some Time
  7. What Would I Do?
  8. Mother's Gonna Make Things Fine
  9. Gordo's Law of Genetics
  10. The Baseball Game
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  1. Just Go
  2. Prologue: Frogs Have so Much Spring (The Spring Song)
  3. Sitting Becalmed in the Lee of Cuttyhunk
  4. Everyone Hates His Parents
  5. A Day In Falsettoland
  6. What More Can I Say?
  7. Year Of The Child
  8. Round Tables, Square Tables
  9. Trouble in His Brain
  10. Family History
  11. Be Polite to Everyone
  12. Miracle Of Judaism
  13. An Invitation to Sleep in My Arms
  14. Unlikely Lovers
  15. Change
  16. Holding To The Ground
  17. Yes
  18. Days Like This
  19. Don't Give In
  20. I Feel So Much Spring
  21. A Tight-Knit Family / Love Is Blind / The Thrill of First Love
  22. Sailing
  23. Poor, Unsuccesfull and Fat
  24. Four Jews In A Room Bitching
  25. Something Bad Is Happening / More Racquetball
  26. Prologue: 911 Emergency / I Have So Many Songs
  27. Time and Music
  28. Jason's Bar Mitzvah
  29. Another Miracle Of Judaism
  30. The Music Still Plays On
  31. Canceling The Bar Mitzvah
  32. Something Bad Is Happening (Reprise)
  33. Roger Arrives
  34. Throw It Out
  35. Time
  36. A Really Lousy Day in The Universe
  37. In the Middle of the Room (Part I)
  38. I'd Rather Be Sailing (Reprise)
  39. The Homeless Lady's Revenge
  40. The Chess Game
  41. MRI Day
  42. Craniotomy
  43. Marvin at the Psychiatrist (A 3 Part Mini-Opera)
  44. In the Middle of the Room (Part II)
  45. Marvin Hits Trina
  46. You Boys Are Gonna Get Me in Such Trouble
  47. My Father's A Homo / Everyone Tells Jason to See a Psychiatrist/ This Had Better Come to a Stop
  48. Prologue: Prologue: Frogs Have So Much Spring (The "Spring" Song)
  49. The Games I Play
  50. Prologue: Prologue: Calamari
  51. Please Come to My House
  52. Trina's Song / March of the Falsettos
  53. I Never Wanted to Love You
  54. Whenever I Dream
  55. Craniotomy (Reprise)
  56. Prologue: Prologue: 911 Emergency / I Have So Many Songs
  57. Republicans
  58. Poor Unsuccessful and Fat
  59. A Marriage Proposal / A Tight-Knit Family (reprise)
  60. In The Middle of The Room
  61. Eating Myself Up Alive
  62. Making a Home
  63. Father to Son
  64. The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
  65. You Boys Are Gonna Get Me In Such Trouble / Sailing (Reprise)
  66. Woe Is Me
  67. Mister, Make Me A Song
  68. Stupid Things I Won't Do
  69. The Second Goodbye
  70. Finale
  71. Woe Is Me (reprise)
  72. The Bitch and the Madonna
  73. The I Love You Song
  74. Pandemonium
  75. I Speak Six Languages
  76. I'm Not That Smart
  77. My Friend, the Dictionary
  78. Why We Like Spelling
  79. Magic Foot
  80. My Unfortunate Erection (Chip's Lament)
  81. Prayer of the Comfort Counselor
  82. How Marvin Eats His Breakfast
  83. I'm Not That Smart (reprise)
  84. Round Tables Square Tables
  85. Set Those Sails
  86. Calamari
  87. Whizzer Going Down
  88. Marvin's Giddy Seizures
  89. Marvin At The Psychiatrist
  90. The Spelling Rules / My Favorite Moment of the Bee 1

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