piano rolls transcribed to MIDI files by Paul Manganaro,
edited and interpreted by J. B. Roth
courtesy J. B. Roth
special pages:
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Ideal 8903, "Over There", by Geo. M. Cohen.
Ideal8903_OverThere.mid (40 kb)
Ideal 0511, "Fate (It Was Fate When I First Met You)", by Byron Gay (1922),
from the stage revue "Greenwich Village Follies". A lovely and haunting
tune that was recorded by Paul Whiteman and others. This piano roll
performance features organ-like sounds with a raggy piano obbligato and
seems an ungainly attempt at jazz. Unfortunately, the artist's name
on the box label is obscured.
Ideal0511_Fate.mid (28 kb)
Hit H-340, "Kiss Me Again", organ arragement; (C) 1915 by Victor Herbert.
The original setting of "Kiss Me Again" was the final waltz section of
a parody called "If I Were On the Stage" in Herbert's 1905 musical, "Mlle.
Modiste". The audience so loved it that Herbert penned new lyrics
for subsequent performances.
Hit340_Kiss_Me_Again.mid (59 kb)
Higel
0624 "Blaze Away - March and Two Step", by Abe Holtzmann.
higel0624_Blaze_Away.mid (47 kb)
30 April 2003, 19 April 2004, 17 July 2004