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Seek "Wizard Of Oz" Piano Rolls
By Harris Yussman

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Greetings,  My wife and I are Oz collectors and we've heard that
there is a player piano roll that has the music of a play from 1913.
It is called "The Tik-Tok Man of Oz".  I recently saw the sheet music
on eBay of "My Wonderful Dream Girl" from the 1913 show "The Tik-Tok
Man of Oz".

If anyone knows who made this roll or knows where I can find one
it would be a great addition to our collection.   Thanks

Harris & Andrea Yussman

 [ The Lester S. Levy Collection lists 25 tunes with "Oz" in an
 [ indexed field.  Many are from the 1902 Musical Comedy "The Wizard
 [ of Oz".  See http://levysheetmusic.mse.jhu.edu/advancedsearch.html
 [
 [ A nice photograph of the cover art of "My Wonderful Dream Girl" is at
 [ http://levysheetmusic.mse.jhu.edu/Box_153/fullgifs/153.174.000.cov.JPEG
 [
 [ At http://12.16.163.163/reference/oztl1911.htm is mention of rolls:
 [
 [ "1913, Mar. 31 -- The Tik-Tok Man of Oz stage play opens at the
 [  Majestic Theater in Los Angeles.  This is the produced version of
 [  an earlier Baum play, Ozma of Oz (1909).  Its musical numbers
 [  generate a popular series of song sheets published by Jerome H.
 [  Remick & Co., New York/Detroit, and by John Franklin Music Co.,
 [  New York.  Piano rolls and a record of one song, "Ask the Flowers
 [  to Tell You" (released by Victor), also become available."
 [
 [ -- Robbie


(Message sent Mon 21 Aug 2000, 20:33:51 GMT, from time zone GMT-0400.)

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