There are 2 variations of the "Composer" deck; the main difference is in the card back design. Variation #1 has the violinist in profile and the attending woman full face; variation #2 has the violinist in full face looking down and the woman in profile. Variation #2 has the Thurston Moore copyright symbol, is marked as a US printing, and in general has sharper focus and is higher in quality. -- The tuck box claims that this standard card deck features "photographs of 54 major composers," but of course for those composers who lived before the invention of photography these are photographs of paintings of major composers. The jokers are Handel and Haydn; the aces are Wagner, Gershwin, Tchaikovsky and Liszt; kings are Mozart, Beethoven, Bach and Brahms. The deck itself carries little origin information; online sources give the production era as the 1970s; produced by the Thurston Moore Country Ltd. of Tennessee.

Throughout 2023 and 2024, fifty-four portraits of classical composers were hand drawn with black, gray, and white ink, and 24k gold foiling. Each portrait is surrounded by music that represents a composers' assigned value. The back of the card, also completely hand-drawn, features references to popular Inkermezzo works and hints at elements of future designs. An accompanying playlist is available on Apple Music and Spotify.

"COMPOSERS" Luxury Playing Cards Collection, is a unique and elegant collection of playing cards, for collectors, players and magicians. where the protagonists are 7 of the greatest composers of classical and symphonic music of all time. The cards are all created with an original design.

After BEETHOVEN, MOZART and BACH, the journey continues with FRYDERYK FRANCISZEK CHOPIN.The theme of CHOPIN is ochre, and will be the color of the theme of the tuck box, the back of the cards and the color theme of court cards. Everything in the tuck box appears gold, it will be embossed and gold foil.

Features:

Printed and Fulfilled by NPCC Noir Arts.

Custom Courts, Aces, Jokers and Pip layout.

60 cards (54+6) on 310 gsm premium German linen card stock.

In addition, two double backs for magicians

Tuck seals, numbered individually

240 gsm full color printed box

Gold Foiling

Embossing

KickStarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1203659333/composers-playing-cards-fryderyk-franciszek-chopin-4-of-7

After BEETHOVEN and MOZART , the journey continues with JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH.The theme of BACH is dark brown, and will be the color of the theme of the tuck box, the back of the cards and the color theme of court cards. Everything in the tuck box appears gold, it will be embossed and gold foil.