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Seek Ampico Rolls Played By Alexander Brailowsky
By Robbie Rhodes

Ref. http://www.mmdigest.com/Archives/KWIC/B/brailowsky.html

I am helping John Joswick to complete the Brailowsky recording project,
initiated in May 2004, to make a CD of the Ampico performances to
present to Brailowsky's brother-in-law who is now 91 years old.  The
project suffered a big setback earlier this year with the sudden death
of his collaborator, music collector Jon Skinner, who was gathering
MIDI files of the Ampico rolls, because the music files cannot now be
found nor can his correspondence with Ampico roll collectors.

So we are starting anew, this time with assistance from Spencer Chase
who has already transcribed several original Brailowsky rolls.  Now
we must borrow these remaining Ampico performances to transcribe and
record:

 67681H  Chopin: Etude Op. 25, No. 12, C-minor
 67783H  de Falla: Ritual Fire Dance
 68783H  Wagner-Liszt: Spinnerleid "Der Fliegende Hollander"
 69783H  Grieg: Papillon Op. 43, No. 1 & Liszt: Au Bord d'une Source
 69993H  Saint-Saens: Rhapsodie d'Auvergne Op. 73, C-major
 70503   Chopin: Polonaise Op. 71, No. 2, B-flat
 70631   Faure: Impromptu, Op. 34, No. 3, A-flat

Please contact Spencer or me if you can help.

Thank you,
Robbie Rhodes
Etiwanda, Calif.
rrhodes@LinkLine.com.geentroep [delete ".geentroep" to reply]

 [ Different versions of "Carmen Variations", by Vladimir Horowitz,
 [ including the piano rolls, are discussed by Jon Skinner at
 [ http://vkgfx.com/scores/horowitz/horowitz_bizet_carmen_1957_pellisorius.pdf 
 [ http://vkgfx.com/scores/horowitz/horowitz_bizet_carmen_1928_pellisorius.pdf 
 [ -- Robbie


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