> Does anyone know if portions of Scott Joplin's opera "Treemonisha" have been
> put on piano rolls yet? The overture especially would make a great roll!
> Since the opera was "lost" for so many years, and not really performed as
> such until 1976 (when it was recorded by DG on record/CD), .....
Strange that you should consider a work unperformed until it appears
on record. What about the stagings at Morehouse College and Wolf Trap
in 1972, and at Houston & Broadway in 1975? I suspect these were more
than just rehearsals for the recording.
Ed Berlin
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