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The Classical Reproducing Piano Roll - Set A Catalogue-Index [2 volumes] (Hardcover, New)
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The Classical Reproducing Piano Roll - Set A Catalogue-Index [2 volumes] (Hardcover, New)
Series: Music Reference Collection
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In the history of the piano, the brief appearance of the mechanical
piano's most sophisticated manifestation, the reproducing piano
(not to be confused with the pianola) is of special interest and
importance. Unique among mechanical musical instruments, the
reproducing piano had an incredibly refined capacity to reproduce
the playing of the great pianists who recorded on it. The turn of
the century to 1930 was a period of high activity during which
thousands of performances were produced on the reproducing piano
roll and this groundbreaking two-volume study surveys the work
accomplished by the pianists who recorded their playing for
reproducing pianos during this time. Though only 60 years have
elapsed since the overnight disappearance of the reproducing piano,
some performances by major artists of the time remain merely as
lists in catalogs. Larry Sitsky has made a very thorough
compilation of this rare material producing for the first time, in
as complete a form as possible, the entire repertoire of classical
music available on the reproducing piano roll. The introduction
contains a real treasure-trove of background information on this
rare musical art form and details the technical aspects of the
reproducing piano and of piano roll production as well as types of
pianos and their restoration. Fact filled discussions of the
various companies, their catalogs and their problems, and of the
types of music recorded are also included here. With the aid of
Volume I--Composers, the researcher can get a very clear idea of
the type and scope of the repertoire played by the pianists of the
time; Volume II--Pianists, gives the very first complete
rollography of all the major (and minor) performers of the
reproducing piano era--a period that was known as the Golden Age of
Pianists.Two separate appendices address Arto rolls and Gershwin's
88-note rolls. The bibliography lists catalogs and the extent of
the reference sources indicates the mountain of primary material
consulted in an effort to make these volumes as complete as
possible. This work is sure to be welcomed not only by scholars and
collectors but also by pianists, lecturers, students, and serious
music-lovers, as complete as possible. The two-volume set is a must
for every library containing a music reference section: university,
college, or conservatorium and is sure to become a standard
resource for future researchers into this up-to-now neglected
field.
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