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WILLSON
Meredith Willson wrote the music, lyrics, and book himself, and spent years on it. He also played flute in John Philip Sousa's band as a young man.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
TROMBONES
The big number is 'Seventy-Six Trombones.' Willson reused the same tune, slowed down, for Marian's love song 'Goodnight, My Someone.'Find this word in the grid to read its note.
IOWA
Willson was born in Mason City, Iowa, in 1902, and the town later put up a Music Man Square to honor him.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
BROADWAY
The original 1957 production won five Tony Awards, including Best Musical, beating out West Side Story.Find this word in the grid to read its note.

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The Music Man word search, free and printable. A con man gets off the train in River City, Iowa, and one librarian isn't fooled for long.

About The Music Man

Meredith Willson grew up in Mason City, Iowa, and River City is his loving, teasing portrait of a small Midwestern town in 1912. Harold Hill rolls in as a traveling salesman promising to turn every boy into a bandsman, and he finds a piano teacher and librarian named Marian who has read too much to believe him. The show opened on Broadway in 1957 and ran for 1,375 performances, which tells you how many people wanted to spend an evening on that sunny front porch.

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