{"id":7392,"date":"2026-04-08T09:00:28","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T13:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/create.richmond.edu\/parsons\/?p=7392"},"modified":"2026-04-03T12:31:55","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T16:31:55","slug":"arachnophonia-taylor-swift-the-tortured-poets-department-the-anthology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/create.richmond.edu\/parsons\/2026\/04\/arachnophonia-taylor-swift-the-tortured-poets-department-the-anthology\/","title":{"rendered":"Arachnophonia: Taylor Swift “The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Editor\u2019s note:<\/strong> Arachnophonia<\/a> (\u201cArachno\u201d = spider \/ \u201c-phonia\u201d = sound) is a regular feature on our blog where members of the UR community can share their thoughts about resources from the Parsons Music Library<\/a>\u2018s collection.<\/p>\n

All links included in these posts will take you to either the library catalog record for the item in question<\/a> or to additional relevant<\/a> information from<\/a> around the web<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s installment of Arachnophonia<\/a> is by student assistant Elina (class of 2029) and features a piano\/vocal\/guitar score of Taylor Swift music from her “The Tortured Poets Department” album<\/a>. Thanks, Elina!<\/em><\/p>\n

Taylor Swift<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Taylor<\/p>\n

Have you ever wanted to sit down at the piano and be able to play a popular song that everyone would recognize? There\u2019s something so main character about being able to play music on an instrument, especially if it\u2019s from Taylor Swift<\/a>. <\/p>\n

If that sounds like your vibe, there\u2019s an easy way to make it happen. You can turn that moment into reality by picking up The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology<\/a><\/em> score at the Parsons Music Library.<\/p>\n

This collection features all 31 tracks from the album, arranged for piano and voice, with symbols and guitar chord diagrams, with words and music written or co-written by Taylor Swift. This score is your opportunity to dive into the emotional depth of Swift’s music and play along with your favorite tracks from “Fortnight<\/a>” to “The Manuscript<\/a>,” to “So Long, London<\/a>” to “So High School<\/a>,” and all the others. Immerse yourself in the storytelling of Taylor Swift and bring her songs to life with your own unique voice and talent. It also helps you get better at piano or guitar while you play songs you love, so it\u2019s really a two-in-one. <\/p>\n

So if you\u2019re ready to have your own main-character moment at the piano, you can pick up The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology<\/a><\/em> at the Parsons Music Library<\/a> and start your musical journey today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Editor\u2019s note: Arachnophonia (\u201cArachno\u201d = spider \/ \u201c-phonia\u201d = sound) is a regular feature on our blog where members of the UR community can share their thoughts about resources from the Parsons Music Library\u2018s collection. All links included in these … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15223,15242],"tags":[61217,232024,232396,232127,38006,232397,231356,232398,15334,61343,92914,191246,277,162669,232399],"class_list":["post-7392","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-collection","category-promotional","tag-arachnophonia","tag-arachnophonia-25-26","tag-arrangements","tag-elina","tag-folk-rock","tag-notated-music","tag-piano-vocal-score","tag-piano-vocal-guitar","tag-popular-music","tag-rock-music","tag-score","tag-scores","tag-songs","tag-taylor-swift","tag-the-tortured-poets-department"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/create.richmond.edu\/parsons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7392","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/create.richmond.edu\/parsons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/create.richmond.edu\/parsons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/create.richmond.edu\/parsons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/create.richmond.edu\/parsons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7392"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/create.richmond.edu\/parsons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7392\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7397,"href":"https:\/\/create.richmond.edu\/parsons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7392\/revisions\/7397"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/create.richmond.edu\/parsons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/create.richmond.edu\/parsons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/create.richmond.edu\/parsons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}