Musical inspiration and success can take unexpected forms, like when David Gilmour scored his second solo No. 1 album with the help of a decades-old piece of piano music and a public transit jingle.

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For as enduring as music may be, there are plenty of existential threats that can wipe a song or composition from the face of the Earth: a forgotten oral tradition, destroyed physical copies, and, as ...