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Music Rolls About Flying Machines
By John Phillips

Hello MMD.  In response to Charles Davis' query, I dug out my only
aeroplane related roll and gave it a spin.  It's an Aeolian Themodist
Metrostyle 65-note roll, No. 100692, and is called "The Flight of the
Aeroplane, Polka Volante", Op. 7, composed by Voteller, and copyrighted
in 1911.  It's quite a pleasant roll, but it doesn't summon impressions
of flight; rather, it could equally be called "A Sunday Afternoon Buggy
Ride".  It is not mentioned in the 1914 Aeolian Catalog.

I have a fading memory of having mentioned this in MMD a few years ago,
and that someone else wrote in to say that Mr. Voteller was a relative
of someone influential in the Aeolian Co., which might explain why this
and a couple of his other compositions appeared briefly in the Aeolian
listings.  I certainly enjoyed renewing my acquaintance with this roll.

John Phillips - in Hobart, Tasmania


(Message sent Mon 8 Jul 2013, 10:27:10 GMT, from time zone GMT+1000.)

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