Klarinet Archive - Posting 000457.txt from 2000/10

From: Andrea Bergamin <a.bergamin@-----.it>
Subj: Re: [kl] Real musicians don't.....
Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2000 17:53:16 -0400

There is also some scroll of Debussy playing is own music!

I've lost my notes taken when I was studying organology in the conservatory
but there is some example of autopianos in "Musical Instruments of the
World. An Illustrated Encyclopedia" - 1976 Diagram Group

> At 05:50 PM 10/08/2000 -0400, you wrote:
>> At 01:34 PM 10/8/2000 -0700, Kevin Fay wrote:
>>> I recall hearing a recording of Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue in which the
>>> piano soloist was Gershwin himself . . . on a scroll. My memory is
>>> fleeting, but I think it was the Pittsburgh Symphony or someone like that; I
>>> thought it was an interesting performance. (Must have been a real pain to
>>> record, though -- definitely a case where the soloist wasn't listening!)
>
> It may have been redone with a symphony, but the disc I have of Gershwin
> playing his own works (including American in Paris and Rhapsody in Blue)
> are the complete piano versions without orchestra. It took me awhile to
> figure out that I wasn't hearing any pedaling!
>
> Sincerely,
> Roger Garrett
>
>
> Roger Garrett
> Professor of Clarinet
> Director, Symphonic Winds
> Advisor, IWU Recording Services
> Illinois Wesleyan University
> School of Music
> Bloomington, IL 61702-2900
> (309) 556-3268
>
>
>
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