"It is the only rose that can properly be called a bicolor that is sufficiently hardy for general culture on the prairies, in spite of the fact that the red of Hansa tends to dominate the yellow of Hazeldean. In fact, it could almost be called a tricolor, since the blue tint in Hansa is inherited too, and this, in combination with red and yellow, results in some greyish tones in Musician. It is enormously floriferous, and a unique and very beautiful shrub when it blooms in late June. It shares enough of the early blooming of Hazeldean to escape most of the curculio beetles, although not quite so many as Hazeldean does.
I still have only four or five plants of Musician, which does not bud on Multiflora any more easily than Hazeldean does. I have been trying to give priority to the propagation of Hazeldean, and that's why progress in multiplying Musician has been so agonizingly slow. I must make a bigger effort to propagate these two, and to do it as soon as possible."

Percy Wright Autobiography Volume II page 477

"In general, I am disappointed with my results when I cross a diploid with a tetraploid to produce a triploid rose. However, I have two good triploids: (1) Ruth, which is a Rugosa hybrid x Gallica, and (2) Musician, which is Hansa x Hazeldean. I had to raise a population of 300+ to get Musician, & 298 were quite worthless. The 299th was a good rose (named Regina) but I lost it accidentally."

Personal correspondence - Percy Wright to Walter Schowalter - June 22, 1971