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Two by Telemann:
Bourrée
Minuet

A wannabe author with no life experience to write about gets some experience that probably won't be so useful for writing.

Started with the first 4, all by (or attributed to, at the time of this publication!) Purcell:
Minuet
Air
Trumpet Tune (now ascribed to Clark)
A Farewell (The Queen's Dolour)

Finishing the sight-reafing journey through this book!
Bartók Peasant Song from 10 Easy Pieces
Villa-Lobos Two Pieces from Guia Practico N. 8
- Poor Blind Woman
- Fly, Little Bird

"The Line" about Pushkin and his wife Irina, in Russia, moving to Moscow, eventually getting a visa to visit the US by mistake.

Three Hungarian Folk Songs from Beginner's Piano Music by Bartók.

Waltz Intermezzo by Kabalevsky (a type of piece challenging for me with its skips in the left hand)

Soliloquy by Bartok, from "for children"

Two by Kabalevsky:
Game
Folk Dance

Three today, Dialogue by Miaskovsky and 2 by Kabalevsky:
Little Song
Little Scherzo

Running away didnt work out, and now Doug has been and is very upset. Will they work things out?

Easy to read some of this as a "controlling relationship" rather than an owner/robot scenario.

Two by Shostakovich, Waltz and March.

Two 2-pagers:
Chandon by Baton
Five finger Toccata by Stravinsky

Valsette by Baton

More from unfamiliar composers:
Around the Campfire by Poldini
Hopak by Goedicke (who was evidently still alive at the time this book was first published)

Two more by Gretchaninoff:
Autumn Chant
Bicycle Ride

Maykapar's "The Little Music Box" and On The Swing by Gretchaninoff.

The Chinese Doll by Rebikoff & The Shepherd's Flute by Maykapar (another composer unfamiliar to me).

Eilish's sister in canada is trying to help them escape with money and smugglers, but E still doesn't want to leave. It's a pretty bleak picture, with the military attacking the rebels seemingly without regard for collateral damage in the city.

He's gotten on the selection committee. He's found his half sister, and she was not that excited about it, tho he ended up writing her a fat check with a lie about her father leaving that money for her.

Lullaby by Wolf, Musical Moment by Miaskovsky.

Rebikoff The Bear (easier one), Kirchner Folk Tune Scherzo (sucked at it!).

Tchaikovsky In Church, Franck Christmas Carol from Anjou.

Done reading My Pafology and back to Monk's life. And he just met the neighbor (Marilyn) at the boathouse, finally. My memory of the movie had me thinking this would happen sooner, but then again the movie had almost none of the detail of the embedded book in it.