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Schulz’s Surprising Mendelssohn Peanuts Strip

Well, what do you know? Here’s a SECOND Peanuts strip devoted to Mendelssohn, for the composer’s birthday! I hadn’t realized Schulz had even touched on Mendelssohn. I recall one moment of weakness when Schroeder was about to play Brahms, but otherwise, to my knowledge, it’s been pretty much straight Beethoven.

Other composers have been referenced in the strip – Handel and Ellen Taaffe Zwilich spring to mind – but can anyone remember if anyone else ever made it into Schroeder’s piano bench (figuratively speaking, since he sits on the floor)?

February 3, 2022
Mendelssohn Birthday Schroeder’s Spinning Song

On Felix Mendelssohn’s birthday, Schroeder takes a break from Beethoven with the “Spinning Song” from the “Songs without Words.”

Here it is played by Earl Wild at the age of 88:

A broader selection played by Danielle Laval:

For those of a us of a certain vintage, the best known of these will have been absorbed at any early age, thanks to its prevalence in classic cartoons. The “Spring Song” kicks in at around 1:37:

Happy birthday, Felix Mendelssohn. Six more weeks of winter, but spring in our hearts.

February 3, 2022
Schroeder’s Beethoven Bargain

Schroeder reaps the benefit of all that marked-down “Beethoven 250” merchandise.

December 26, 2021
Beethoven with Peanuts Schroeder’s Tribute

On the eve of the 250th anniversary of Beethoven’s birth (observed), celebrate Ludwig Van with Peanuts:

Schroeder plays the “Pathétique” Sonata:

Schroeder plays the “Moonlight” Sonata:

Lucy resents Schroeder’s white privilege:

Direct all mail to 1770 James Street (Schroeder’s address – 1770 is the year of Beethoven’s birth). Charles Schulz made Schroeder a musician when he decided to work his daughter’s toy piano into the strip. The first piece he ever had Schroeder play was not by Beethoven, but rather Rachmaninoff’s Prelude in G minor. Schulz himself preferred Brahms, but he said he thought “Beethoven” sounded funnier.

BONUS! “Schroeder’s Beethoven Fantasy,” the first movement of Ellen Taaffe Zwilich’s “Peanuts Gallery”:

December 16, 2020
Boxing Day with Schroeder Peanuts Holiday

Boxing Day with Schroeder.

December 26, 2019

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