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Gershwin plays again through magic of piano rolls....
Once upon a time in America, player pianos -- which were modified pianos with internal mechanisms that read "piano rolls" very much like computers today read, say, CD-ROM discs -- were "the" big thing in popular American music. I first saw one at the Miami Museum of Science many years ago, and I was enthralled by what (to a 12-year-old boy) was a pretty neat sight -- a piano that played by itself! At the time, Scott Joplin's "The Entertainer" rag was in vogue (The Sting had been a big hit movie at the time), and I stayed at that part of the museum, listening to the melody from a long-gone era and watching the keyboard move as if a ghost had decided the museum was too darned quiet and wanted to hear some happy tunes of the past.George Gershwin grew up in the early part of the 20th Century and thus had first-hand experience with player pianos, as the liner notes by Artis Woodhouse explain in "Gershwin Plays Gershwin," a 12-track collection of piano rolls arranged and performed by...
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Gershwin Plays Gershwin! Really!
These recordings are based upon Duoart Piano Rolls Gershwin made around 1924.In the twenties, player pianos were all the rage. They were, and still are, a technological wonder.However.The standard player piano is not capable of any expression. Across the entire keyboard, each and every note is played at the same level of force and volume. That is the reason that music played on run of the mill player pianos tends to sound somewhat automatic/artificial.The Reproducing Piano (for which Gershwin cut these rolls) is a horse of a very different color. Reproducing Pianos (the Duoart, the Ampico, the Welte Mignon, etc.) are nothing short of amazing.The Reproducing Piano had/has the capability of applying varied and separate force/attack to individual sections of the keyboard (if not individual notes). Honest to goodness; when one hears a Reproducing Piano in person, they sound exactly like a pianist playing live.I have several of the Gershwin Piano Rolls (including...
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Beautiful, simply beautiful
I had purchased this CD in a used bin from my local record store more than six years ago. I had heard a brief news story on this CD from CNN, and I decided to take a chance on this ... bargain.Boy, did I ever make the right call. I knew almost next to nothing about George Gershwin, but the music on this CD was simply too magical. All the familiar melodies and song I had heard one time or another in my life (like the United Airlines commercial from "Rhapsody in Blue") jumped right from my boombox. You can feel Gershwin's energy and intensity in each and every one of these songs, and there were times that I would be swept away in excitement by the speed and emotions.I know I did a poor job in describing this CD, but I can guarantee you that if you like piano melodies, this CD should definitely belong in your collection. After all these years, it is still one of my favorites.
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Gershwin plays again through magic of piano rolls....
Once upon a time in America, player pianos -- which were modified pianos with internal mechanisms that read "piano rolls" very much like computers today read, say, CD-ROM discs -- were "the" big thing in popular American music. I first saw one at the Miami Museum of Science many years ago, and I was enthralled by what (to a 12-year-old boy) was a pretty neat sight -- a piano that played by itself! At the time, Scott Joplin's "The Entertainer" rag was in vogue (The Sting had been a big hit movie at the time), and I stayed at that part of the museum, listening to the melody from a long-gone era and watching the keyboard move as if a ghost had decided the museum was too darned quiet and wanted to hear some happy tunes of the past.George Gershwin grew up in the early part of the 20th Century and thus had first-hand experience with player pianos, as the liner notes by Artis Woodhouse explain in "Gershwin Plays Gershwin," a 12-track collection of piano rolls arranged and performed by...
Top to learn more
Gershwin Plays Gershwin! Really!
These recordings are based upon Duoart Piano Rolls Gershwin made around 1924.In the twenties, player pianos were all the rage. They were, and still are, a technological wonder.However.The standard player piano is not capable of any expression. Across the entire keyboard, each and every note is played at the same level of force and volume. That is the reason that music played on run of the mill player pianos tends to sound somewhat automatic/artificial.The Reproducing Piano (for which Gershwin cut these rolls) is a horse of a very different color. Reproducing Pianos (the Duoart, the Ampico, the Welte Mignon, etc.) are nothing short of amazing.The Reproducing Piano had/has the capability of applying varied and separate force/attack to individual sections of the keyboard (if not individual notes). Honest to goodness; when one hears a Reproducing Piano in person, they sound exactly like a pianist playing live.I have several of the Gershwin Piano Rolls (including...
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Beautiful, simply beautiful
I had purchased this CD in a used bin from my local record store more than six years ago. I had heard a brief news story on this CD from CNN, and I decided to take a chance on this ... bargain.Boy, did I ever make the right call. I knew almost next to nothing about George Gershwin, but the music on this CD was simply too magical. All the familiar melodies and song I had heard one time or another in my life (like the United Airlines commercial from "Rhapsody in Blue") jumped right from my boombox. You can feel Gershwin's energy and intensity in each and every one of these songs, and there were times that I would be swept away in excitement by the speed and emotions.I know I did a poor job in describing this CD, but I can guarantee you that if you like piano melodies, this CD should definitely belong in your collection. After all these years, it is still one of my favorites.
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This is an original 1924 black and white print ad for Q-R-S Rolls for player pianos. The ad features a mother and her daughter at the piano. Top to learn more
So what else was Conlon Nancarrow, a native of Texarkana, Arkansas, to do but move to Mexico, give up his US citizenship and write music mostly for the player piano, of all the instruments under the sun, that is now considered to be among the most
So what else was Conlon Nancarrow, a native of Texarkana, Arkansas, to do but move to Mexico, give up his US citizenship and write music mostly for the player piano, of all the instruments under the sun, that is now considered to be among the most
This weekend, the Juilliard School is presenting a concert in its Willson Theater that includes music played on three pianos—but only one of the pianists will actually be in the room. The other two will be playing in Japan and California, though every
