Category: Sheet Music

Refined by: (Author) David Plylar; (Year) 2014

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Best Buddies, or just Goethe Friends?

May 16, 2014

Last week on May 7, Brahms and Tchaikovsky shared a birthday—an annual event since Tchaikovsky waltzed into the world in1840, seven years after Brahms. While the composers may not have cared much for one another, at this great historical remove we can appreciate the music of both men without worrying about offending the other camp—there …

Posted in: Birthdays, Composers, Musicians, Sheet Music, Special Collections

Remembering Argos: Life and Loss in the Funeral Odes of Franz Liszt

March 10, 2014

Posted by: David Plylar

The magnificent collection of Liszt manuscripts held at the Library of Congress includes a number of rarely heard works, including two of the three Funeral Odes (Trois odes funèbres). Liszt composed some fifteen versions of the Funeral Odes, even desiring one of them to be performed at his funeral service (Spoiler Alert: none of Liszt’s …

Posted in: Composers, Curators, Musicians, Sheet Music, Special Collections, Staff

Refined by: (Author) David Plylar; (Year) 2014