Ludwig van Beethoven's 32 sonatas for piano alone are legendary in the history of classical music. The German conductor and pianist Hans von Bülow called them music's "New Testament," while the scholar Charles Rosen referred to them as "a bridge between the worlds of the salon and the concert hall." It was Artur Schnabel who first committed the entire 32 sonatas to disc. The Austrian pianist was already a towering intellectual and artistic figure in 1932 when His Master's Voice launched the Beethoven Sonata Society, through which subscribers could purchase Schnabel's discs as they became available. Today, there are countless complete collections of these works by others, but it is Schnabel who remains the pre-eminent Beethoven pianist on record. Selected for the 2017 registry.
Jimmie Davis, country music singer and two-term governor of Louisiana, adopted "You Are My Sunshine" for his successful 1944 election campaign after recording it in 1940. It subsequently became one of the most popular country music songs of all time and has been recorded by artists in the U.S. and abroad in many styles. At least three recordings preceded Davis's, and while Davis is credited on sheet music as co-composer of the song, the song's authorship is the subject of dispute. Davis's recording, featuring guitar, steel guitar, trumpet, clarinet, bass, and piano, added jazz styling to the simple tune. "You Are My Sunshine" became the official song of Louisiana in 1977. Selected for the 2012 registry.
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At the time composer and performer Willie Nelson recorded "Red Headed Stranger," he had just moved to Columbia Records with a contract that gave him complete artistic control. The new freedom allowed him to compose an album of uncommon elegance and power, one built primarily of his own compositions, but including older country songs like Fred Rose's "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain." Set in the Old West, it told the tale of a tormented preacher on the run from killing his wife and her lover. In the studio, Nelson relied on extremely spare arrangements which emphasized guitar, harmonica and piano. At times the only accompaniment was Nelson's nylon-string guitar. The resulting album was met with considerable skepticism from Columbia's executives, but Nelson's instincts proved prescient and "Red Headed Stranger" resonated with an audience weary of the elaborate production techniques associated with Nashville studios, setting a new course for country and popular music. Selected for the 2009 registry. 2ff7e9595c
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