Previous postings for March 17th may be found here: Josef Rheinberger (2019), Michael Finnissy (2020), Élisabeth-Claude Jacquet de La Guerre (2021), Nat King Cole (2022), Rudolf Nureyev (2023), Alfred Newman (2024), and Thoinot Arbeau (2026)
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Josef Rheinberger (17 March 1839- 25 November 1901) wrote works that are still part of the academic and concert organist's repertoire. Critical opinion varies.
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Today Rheinberger is remembered above all for his elaborate and challenging organ compositions, including 20 sonatas (of a projected set of 24 sonatas in all the keys). – adapted from Wikipedia
One needed have been superstitious
To find all the signs unpropitious
For sonatas like these
In all twenty-four keys,
On a scale so absurdly ambitious.
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