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Horace Silver: The Top 25 pearls in Jazz history
Horace Silver biography
From the perspective of the 21st century, it is clear that few jazz musicians had a greater impact on the contemporary mainstream than Horace Silver. The hard bop style that Silver pioneered in the ’50s is now dominant, played not only by holdovers from an earlier generation, but also by fuzzy-cheeked musicians who had yet to be born when the music fell out of critical favor in the ’60s and ’70s.
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Silver’s earliest musical influence was the Cape Verdean folk music he heard from his Portuguese-born father. Later, after he had begun playing piano and saxophone as a high schooler, Silver came under the spell of blues singers and boogie-woogie pianists, as well as boppers like Thelonious Monk and Bud Powell.
In 1950, Stan Getz played a concert in Hartford, Connecticut, with a pickup rhythm section that included Silver, drummer Walter Bolden, and bassist Joe Calloway. So impressed was Getz, he hired the whole trio. Silver had been saving his money to move to New York anyway; his hiring by Getz sealed the deal.
Silver worked with Getz for a year, then began to freelance around the city with such big-time players as Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young, and Oscar Pettiford. In 1952, he recorded with Lou Donaldson for the Blue Note label; this date led him to his first recordings as a leader. In 1953, he joined forces with Art Blakey to form a cooperative under their joint leadership.

The band’s first album, Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers, was a milestone in the development of the genre that came to be known as hard bop. Many of the tunes penned by Silver for that record — “The Preacher,” “Doodlin’,” “Room 608” — became jazz classics.
By 1956, Silver had left the Messengers to record on his own. The series of Blue Note albums that followed established him for all time as one of jazz’s major composer/pianists. LPs like Blowin’ the Blues Away and Song for My Father (both recorded by an ensemble that included Silver’s longtime sidemen Blue Mitchell and Junior Cook) featured Silver’s harmonically sophisticated and formally distinctive compositions for small jazz ensemble.
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Silver’s piano style — terse, imaginative, and utterly funky — became a model for subsequent mainstream pianists to emulate. Some of the most influential horn players of the ’50s, ’60s, and ’70s first attained a measure of prominence with Silver — musicians like Donald Byrd, Woody Shaw, Joe Henderson, Benny Golson, and the Brecker Brothers all played in Silver’s band at a point early in their careers. Silver has even affected members of the avant-garde; Cecil Taylor confesses a Silver influence, and trumpeter Dave Douglas played briefly in a Silver combo.
Silver recorded exclusively for Blue Note until that label’s eclipse in the late ’70s, whereupon he started his own label, Silveto. Horace Silver’s ’80s work was poorly distributed.
During that time he began writing lyrics to his compositions, and his work began to display a concern with music’s metaphysical powers, as exemplified by album titles like Music to Ease Your Disease and Spiritualizing the Senses. In the ’90s, Silver abandoned his label venture and began recording for Columbia.
With his re-emergence on a major label, Silver once again received a measure of the attention his contributions deserve. Certainly, no one ever contributed a larger and more vital body of original compositions to the jazz canon. Silver died in New York on June 18, 2014, at the age of 85.
He had a son, Gregory – now a rap musician under the name of G Wise – from his marriage to Barbara, which ended in divorce.
Horace Ward Martin Tavares Silver, pianist and composer, born 2 September 1928, died 18 June 2014.
Selected Discography
Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers, Blue Note, 1954
Blowin’ the Blues Away, Blue Note, 1959
Song For My Father, Blue Note, 1964
Cape Verdean Blues, Blue Note, 1965
The Hardbop Grandpop, GRP, 1996
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Horace Silver – Blowin The Blues Away
Personnel:
Horace Silver – piano
Blue Mitchell – trumpet
Junior Cook – tenor saxophone
Gene Taylor – bass
Louis Hayes – drums
from the album ‘BLOWIN’ THE BLUES AWAY’ (Blue Note Records)
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| Stravinsky, Igor – The Rite of Spring Le Sacre du Printemps (piano solo) by Sam Raphling |
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| Stravinsky, Igor – The Rite of Spring Le Sacre du Printemps (piano solo) arr. by Vladimir Leyetchkiss |
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Stravinsky, Igor – The Rite of Spring Le Sacre du Printemps (piano solo) arr. by Vladimir Leyetchkiss |
| Strayhorn An Illustrated Life (Book) |
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| Straylight Run – Existentialism On Prom Night | ||
| Streabbog (Jean Louis Gobbaerts) – 12 Very Easy and Melodious Studies, op 63 | ||
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| Streabbog Book 2 Opus 64 12 Melodious Pieces For Piano |
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| Streabbog Fairy – Waltz Op. 105 n 1 | Streabbog Fairy – Waltz Op. 105 n 1 | |
| Stride & Swing Piano The Complete Guide (PDF + MP3 tracks play along) |
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| Stride Piano Jazz Piano Solos Series Volume 35 |
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| Stuart K. Hine How Great Thou Art Arr Joel Raney 6 Concert Hymns Expressions For Solo Piano |
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| Studio Ghibli Guitar Arrangements Best Album (Joe Hisaishi & Hayao Miyazaki) with Tablature |
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| Studio Ghibli Piano Suite |
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| Studio Ghibli Songs For Alto Sax And Piano |
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| Succar Ya Banat (Caramel OST) Rasha Rizk | ||
| Suis-moi – Le Petit Prince OST (Hans Zimmer – Camille) | ||
| Sum 41 – Pieces | ||
| Summer of ’42 (Michel Legrand) | (In Miscelaneous) | |
| Summer of ’42 The Summer Knows Michel Legrand Piano & Voice |
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Summer of ’42 The Summer Knows Michel Legrand Piano & Voice |
| SUMMER OF’42 THE SUMMER KNOWS Piano (another version) Michel Legrand | THE SUMMER KNOWS -SUMMER OF’42 | |
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| Sun And Moon from Miss Saigon Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil | Sun And Moon from Miss Saigon Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil | |
| Sun Ra sheet music Collection |
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| Sunday Music (100 Arrangements For Piano Solo) E. Pauer |
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Sunday Music (100 Arrangements For Piano Solo) E. Pauer |
| Sunrise on Pontchartrain (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button OST) Alexandre Desplat | Sunrise on Pontchartrain | |
| Super Junior Pajama Party |
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| Super Mario 64 – dire,dire docks |
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| Super Mario 64 by Koji Kondo – Piano |
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| Super Mario Bros – Main Theme | Super-Mario-Bros-Main-Theme | |
| Super Mario Bros – Main Theme Overworld |
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| Super Mario Bros – Mario Main Theme – Koji Kondo | ||
| Super Mario Bros 2 Overworld Theme by Koji Kondo Piano Solo |
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| Super Mario Bros 2 Complete Piano Arrangement |
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| Super Mario Bros Overworld Main Theme sheet music |
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| Super Mario Bros Songbook |
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| Super Mario Bros. 3 Don’t stand on the Donuts – Piano Sheet Music |
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| Super Mario Galaxy – Aquatic Race |
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| Super Mario Galaxy – Attack! Koopas Fleet |
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| Super Mario Galaxy – Catastrophe |
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| Super Mario Galaxy – File Select |
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| Super Mario Galaxy – King Koopa’s Entrance |
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| Super Mario Galaxy – Kinopio’s Expedition |
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| Super Mario Galaxy – Overture |
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| Super Mario Galaxy – Peachs Castle is Stolen |
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| Super Mario Galaxy – Rosetta’s Comet Observatory I |
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| Super Mario Galaxy – Starbit Festival |
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| Super Mario Galaxy Complete Sheet Music |
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| Super Mario Galaxy Sheet Music (Musescore File).mscz | ||
| Super Mario Land – Birabuto Kingdom by Hirokazu Tamaka |
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| Super Mario World 2 Yoshis Island – Athletic |
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| Super Sight Reading Secrets by Howard Richman (Book) for keyboard players |
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| Super Solos for Acoustic Guitar Solos (by Johnny Norris) Fingerpicking with Tablature |
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Super Solos for Acoustic Guitar Solos (by Johnny Norris) Fingerpicking with Tablature |
| Super Top Ten Volume (Guitar) |
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Super Top Ten Volume (Guitar) |
| Supercell – Sayonara Memories |
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| Supercell Guilty Crown OP 1 My Dearest Piano Solo | Supercell Guilty Crown OP 1 My Dearest Piano Solo | |
| Superhero Themes 14 of Your Favorite Heroes and She-Roes |
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Superhero Themes 14 of Your Favorite Heroes and She-Roes |
| Superman It’s Not Easy By John Ondrasik Piano Vocal Guitar Chords | Superman It’s Not Easy By John Ondrasik Piano Vocal Guitar Chords | |
| Superman Theme For Piano |
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| Supertramp – Breakfast In America |
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Supertramp Breakfast In America Book |
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Supertramp Anthology Songbook |
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Supertramp Breakfast In America Book |
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| Supertramp Even In The Quietest Moments Songbook |
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Supertramp Even In The Quietest Moments |
| Supertramp Famous Last Words SongBook |
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Supertramp Famous Last Words Book |
| Supertramp Fool s Overture Piano Vocal (Musescore file).mscz | Musescore File | |
| Supertramp Paris SongBook |
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Supertramp Paris Book |
| Supremes The Best of The Supremes Greatest Hits Piano Vocal Chords |
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Supremes The Best of The Supremes Greatest Hits Piano Vocal |
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Supremes, The Supremes Greatest Hits Piano Vocal Chords |
| Surface Pressure – Encanto (sheet music).mscz | ||
| Survivor Eye Of The Tiger Guitar Tabs Tablature | Survivor Eye Of The Tiger Guitar Tabs Tablature | |
| Survivor Eye Of The Tiger Piano Vocal Frank Sullivan Jim Peternik | Survivor Eye Of The Tiger Piano Vocal Frank Sullivan Jim Peternik Page 1 | |
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| Suzanne Ciani Adagio from the album Pianissimo | Suzanne-Ciani-Adagio 1st page | |
| Suzanne Ciani Dream Songs for piano |
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Suzanne Ciani Dream Songs piano |
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Suzanne Ciani New Age Piano |
| Suzanne Vega Songbook |
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Suzanne Vega Songbook |
| SUZUKI – Guitar School Revised Edition (Vol 1) |
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SUZUKI – Guitar School Revised Edition (Vol 1) |
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SUZUKI GUITAR Vol 1-9 |
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| Suzuki Piano School Volumes 1 to 7 (240 p.) |
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| Suzuki Tsunekichi – Omohi de – Irish Folk Song Opening theme to the Netflix series Midnight Diner Tokyo Stories) Guitar | Suzuki Tsunekichi – Omohi de – Irish Folk Song Opening theme to the Netflix series Midnight Diner Tokyo Stories) Guitar | |
| Suzuki Violin School Volume 1 Violin Part International Edition |
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| Sveinn Eythorsson – Easy Guitar Songs |
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| Swan Lake Theme – Tchaikovsky (Musescore File).mscz | ||
| Swanee River Boogie Woogie – Albert Ammons (Musescore File).mscz | ||
| Sweet Hour Of Prayer – Piano Solo arr. of 13 Sacred Songs by Marvin Goldstein |
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Sweet Hour Of Prayer – Piano Solo arr. of 13 Sacred Songs by Marvin Goldstein |
| Swing Low Sweet Charriot (Musescore File).mscz | ||
| Sydney Bechet Si Tu Vois Ma Mere Lead sheet music GUITAR CHORDS |
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| Symphony No 40 In Gm K550 (Musescore File).mscz | ||
| Symphony No 9 In E Minor (From The New World) For Piano – 1st Movement (Adagio – Allegro Molto) (Musescore File).mscz | ||
| Symphony No 9 In E Minor (From The New World) For Piano – 2nd Movement (Largo) (Musescore File).mscz | ||
| Symphony No 9 In E Minor 4th Mov. (From The New World) A. Dvorak (Musescore File).mscz | ||
| Symphony No. 2 Third Mov. Advanced Piano Arr. (Musescore File).mscz | ||
| Symphony No. 5 – Adagietto Gustav Mahler (Musescore File).mscz | ||
| System Of A Down – Lonely Day | ||
| T – Pain – Buy You A Drink | ||
| T-Bone Walker – Vital Blues Guitar (Note for Note transcriptions with Tablature) |
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T-Bone Walker – Vital Blues Guitar (Note for Note transcriptions with Tablature) |
| Tablature of Guitar Explained Tabulaturscheibweise Tablatura per chitarra Tablature de guitare | Tablature of Guitar Explained Tabulaturscheibweise Tablatura per chitarra Tablature de guitare | |
| Table for Two – Nocturnal Animals OST (Abel Korzeniowski) | ||
| Take Five (Musescore File).mscz | ||
| Take Five by Paul Desmond Jazz Play Along |
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| Take Five Guitar by Chet Atkins.mscz | ||
| Take Five Jazz Standard by Paul Desmond arranged for Guitar by Chet Atkins with Tablature TABs | Take Five Jazz Standard by Paul Desmond arranged for Guitar by Chet Atkins with Tablature | |
| Take Five Jazz Standard Paul Desmond Dave Brubeck arr. Carsten Gerlitz |
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| Take Me To The Land Of Jazz by Pete Wendling (1919) |
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| Take That – Could It Be Magic | ||
| Take That – How Deep Is Your Love | Take That how-deep-is-your-love | |
| Take That Greatest Hits Piano Vocal Guitar Chords |
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Take That Greatest Hits Piano, Vocal, Guitar Chords |
| Takemitsu – Secret Love Guitar with TABs |
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| Takemitsu For Away For Piano |
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| Takemitsu, Toru – 12 Songs for guitar |
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| Takemitsu, Toru – In the woods Three pieces for guitar |
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| Takemitsu, Toru – Piano Distance |
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| Tal Farlow Best Of Tal Farlow Guitar Recorded Versions With Tablature |
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Tal Farlow Best Of Tal Farlow Guitar Recorded Versions With Tablature |
| Tales Of Earthsea Teeru No Uta Kashuu Baajon Taniyama Hiroko Miyazaki Tomochika |
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| Talking Heads Anthology |
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Talking Heads Anthology |
| Talking Jazz With Ben Sidran Volume 1 The Rhythm Section (Book) |
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| Talking Jazz With Ben Sidran Volume 2 Solo Voices (Book) |
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| Tally Hall Hidden In The Sand (Piano Solo) |
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| Tammy Wynette The Best of – Piano Vocal Chords |
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Tammy Wynette The Best of – Piano Vocal Chords |
| Tango El Caramel (Khaled Mouzanar) | ||
| Tango Fake Book |
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Tango Fake Book |
| Tangos And More (Intermediate Piano Solos) |
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Tangos And More (Intermediate Piano Solos) |
| Tangos Para Guitarra |
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Tangos |
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| Tant Que Vivray (Musescore File).mscz | ||
| Tanta voglia di lei (Pooh) | ||
| Tarantella in 3rd class (Ennio Morricone) | ||
| Taro Iwashiro – Her Most Beautiful Smile | ||
| Tárrega – Làgrima (Guitar Tabs) (Musescore File).mscz | ||
| Tàrrega 12 Studies for Guitar Guitarra |
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| Tàrrega Gran Vals Guitar Tablature | Tàrrega Gran Vals Guitar Tablature | |
| Tàrrega Integral De Guitarra |
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| Tàrrega, F. – Recuerdos de la Alhambra (Guitar).mscz | ||
| Tarzan The Broadway Musical Songbook Music By Phil Collins Piano Vocal Guitar |
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Tarzan The Broadway Musical Songbook Music By Phil Collins Piano Vocal Guitar |
| Tatiana Stachak Etude For Dreamers Guitar Notation With Tablature | Tatiana Stachak Etude For Dreamers Guitar Notation With Tablature | |
| Tatiana Stachak Milonga Etude (Notation and TABs) | Tatiana Stachak Milonga Etude (Notation and TABs) | |
| Tatiana Stachak Waltz Falling in Love (Notation and TABs) | Tatiana Stachak Waltz Falling in Love (Notation and TABs) | |
| Tausig – Ballad (The Ghostship – Das Geisterschiff) |
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| Taverner, John – In Nomine (full score) MS 31390 fol. 120 |
