Latest Updates - Arnold Schoenberg

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Comment by Gill Sans SUBS:

Weihnachtsmusik, for string trio, piano and harmonium. Unlike Schoenberg's better-known atonal composing style, this is traditinally tonal, being written for his family to play one Christmas. This starts with a quote from Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen (There is no rose of such vertu):

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Comment by Gill Sans SUBS:

I continue to work my way through the tracks here, and today's favourite is the Liszt transcription of Adeste Fideles, which manages to be rather intense but always with a sense of fun, shown by the repeated use of the " 'Ave A Banana" phrase. The pianist here is not credited and this version does not seem to be on YT but there is a good live performance by Alberto Belluschi

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Comment by Gill Sans SUBS:

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Comment by Gill Sans SUBS:

Joy To The World is shown here as 19th C Anon, but is usually ascribed to "Lowell Mason, based on Handel". An almost identical setting was used in the hymn "Comfort" by Charles Rider of Manchester (England).

There's a detailed Wikipedia page for Joy to the World