Bohemian Rhapsody, by Queen. Primary title of Benjamin's nen beast's ability.

Zigeunerleben (1840), aka Gypsy Life or Wandering People, by composer Robert Schumann and poet Emanuel Geibel. Secondary title of Benjamin's nen beast's ability.

流浪の民 (Rurou no tami) - Japanese-language Wikipedia page for Zigeunerleben. There's no English- or German-language page for the song because it's best-known in Japan: an early-1900s translation by Ishikura Kosaburou has been used in Japanese music classes for the past century. (A YouTube search for "流浪の民 石倉小三郎" will bring up a lot of amateur performances.) It's frequently-referenced in manga and anime, most-notably…

Please Save My Earth, by Hiwatari Saki. An influential 90s sci-fi manga in which the song has personal importance to a group of alien scientists stranded on Earth's moon.

Kinderszenen, Op. 15: No. 7, Träumerei

by Robert Schumann

just some loosy sketch. i've seen two alternative appearances of him in fiction where he was wearing glasses and. well. they took note of the fact that he was near-sighted and that's good but there was nothing good about how it looked. it made me want to see him in round glasses. just a self-indulgent thing for no reason yes.

(bit of cringe under the cut)

dalla "visita guidata alla seconda sinfonia di schumann" di mr. david goza, formerly known as the atheist codger:

doesn't this music just glow? (3 mvt) this music hovers very close to tears (3 mvt) there are also days when i really, really wish i were a timpanist! (4 mvt, finale)

quell'uomo è gandalf un poeta