For Sale: Il Guarany Overture (Gomez) in mint condition with original
seal.
Hi there folks, I have two copies of "Il Guarany Overture" by Gomes
on the Virtuoso label (#300). One copy I use, the other copy is a
virgin, mint condition copy with the ribbon/seal still on (around) it.
While the box has certainly seen [much] better days, the roll is, as
I said, in mint condition. I would like to sell it - needless to say,
for as much as I can. I guess I'm asking for bids if I may be
permitted.
I've sent a color image of the label (of the used roll) to Robbie
so you can see what it looks like. Some day soon I hope to have
a MIDI copy of the roll. It's a neat piece as opera overtures go.
I guess I should add that it is a marimba arrangement. Most of the
melody is in that format.
Anybody interested?
Regards,
J. B. (Ben) Roth
[ Has anybody more information about the "Virtuoso" brand?
[ See the label at http://mmd.foxtail.com/MMMedia/brands.html
[
[ I searched the 'Net for information about the song. The
[ opera-ballet, "Il Guarany", by Brazilian composer Antonio Carlos
[ Gomes, premiered in 1870 at La Scala, Milan, and enjoyed many
[ successful performances throughout the world except the USA.
[ A planned concert in Chicago in 1892 was cancelled, in part because
[ the Brazilian government did not grant the expected subsidy. Carlos
[ Gomes was terribly disappointed, and wrote home:
[
[ "I had expected to make good business here, but soon realized this
[ was impossible! In this country, art is a myth. The Americans are
[ not in the least interested in anything but what is a novelty of
[ practical life, that is, the easiest means to earn dollars!"
[ (Ref. http://www.bn.br/extra/musica/ecgguar.htm)
[
[ At http://www.georgetown.edu/faculty/prw/AMSCC/2002Spring.html :
[
[ "The Overture is played on all Brazilian radio stations every
[ weekday at 7:00 p.m. to announce a program of government news.
[ [In] substituting for Brazil's national anthem ... the work by
[ Carlos Gomes has become 'an icon of Brazilianess'."
[
[ -- Robbie
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