Music Garlic is from the Continental subgrouping of the Ophioscorodon or Hardneck subspecies of garlic.
I purchased some bulbs from Peaceful Valley Farm & Garden Supply in September of 2008. They described this variety as easy to grow with classic garlic flavor, and very cold hardy. They have pink to purple clove skins and are easy to peel. The cloves, though there's only 4 to 6 per clove, are large.
They didn't get in the ground until November, but they were all still looking good. I planted them about 12" apart in rows about 12 to 16" apart. Here they are in early January, 2.5 months after planting: 
In late March I planted potatoes in between the rows of garlic, thinking the garlic would be done by the time the potatoes really start to grow. It is working out well, so far...it's the end of May and I'm already harvesting the garlic. A few of my potatoes are blooming, so they are trying to grow. Time to speed up the garlic harvesting.
Yesterday i harvested my first garlic. They were both Musics and look great. One of them I chose because the stock had totally died back, and I thought it was probably rotting down there, but it was just fine! Good sized with 4 cloves--which were big cloves, too! The taste was okay, but my research shows that they develop more flavor during curing.
The other garlic I chose to pull up was unique because it was forming a bulb about 6" above the ground. it was also a Music variety. Inside the above-ground bulb were two mini cloves growing a green stalk about 8" tall within the dying stalk of the below-ground bulb. I will try to plant it to see if it grows, but it doesn't have any roots, since I snapped it off the neck of the below ground one. Pictures are below.
Peaceful Valley was accurate in their description; they were very easy to peel...and had purple sheaths...and there were 4 cloves. If they were completely ripe when i pulled them up, they only took 7 months to develop. From my research I expected them to mature later than some of the other varieties I am growing...maybe they are all ready!
