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Classical Piano Rolls
By Dan Wilson

Jill Miller posts the following needs for a friend. The 1914 Aeolian
roll catalog prompts the remarks on the right:-
•
 Schumann:-                      No Impromptus are shown for Schumann,
                                 but "Dedication" is the translation
                                 of his song title "Widmung" of which
                                 this Liszt transcription was issued:
                                                        (London nos.)
                                 Widmung                     T83416
                                 However:
                                 SCHUBERT, FRANZ 1797-1828

1. Impromptu No 19 op.3          (Op.3 not in catalog, probably songs)
2. Dedication (not Mastert'ch) see above

                                 4 Impromptus Op.90
3. Impromptu No 3 op. 90         No.3 G major, andante       TL21637
4. Impromptu No 2 op.90          No.2 E flat major, allegro  TL20226
¶
Schubert:-
Impromptu G Flat No 3 op.90      see above
                                 (So much Schubert has been discovered
                                 since piano-roll times that the Opus
                                 system isn't referred to much nowadays)
¶
Chopin:-
1. Waltz op.69 No 2              (posthumous, composed 1835) TL20377
2. Waltz E Minor No 14           Chopin pieces weren't numbered on rolls
                                 except by Op no. This is almost
                                 certainly Valse, E minor,
                                 (posthumous, composed 1829) TL21050
•
I suggest joining the Roll Bid Enterprise auction which is about 70%
classical.  Most of the titles above appear from time to time.

Roll Bid Enterprise¶
c/o Frances Broadway¶
39 Sydner Road  (NB Sydner not Sydney)¶
Stoke Newington¶
LONDON¶
N16 7UF¶
tel +44 171 254 6145 ; fax +44 171 249 0130 (dedicated line)

and trying:

Steve Cox¶
Laguna Rolls¶
Laguna¶
Lagoon Road¶
PAGHAM¶
West Sussex PO21 4TH       ph/fax +44 1243 262041¶
UK

Dan Wilson

(Message sent Sun, 16 Mar 97 23:40 GMT0 , from time zone .)

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