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Antonio Bazzini: Dance Of The Goblins ( (La Ronde des Lutins), Scherzo fantastique, Op. 25. Transcribed for  2 Pianos, rand eproduced & recorded by VV Oct.29, 2023 on a slightly modified seq., sequenced by Anonymous,
on a modeled Blüthner Model 1 grand, revoiced, reconfigured, and the rec. setup made by VV.

Photo: Antonio Bazzini  (11 March 1818 – 10 February 1897) was an Italian violinist, composer and teacher. As a composer, his most enduring work is his chamber music, which earned him a central place in the Italian instrumental renaissance of the 19th century. However, his success as a composer was overshadowed by his reputation as one of the finest concert violinists of the nineteenth century. He also contributed to a portion of Messa per Rossini, specifically the first section of II. Sequentia, Dies Irae. (Wikipedia)

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Bazzini: Dance Of The Goblins

Antonio Bazzini: Dance Of The Goblins  Transcription for two pianos

Grainger: Children's March 'Over the Hills And Far Away'. Percy Grainger & Lotta Hough 1920 on Duo-Art 6368.
Recorded in 2016, and the rec. updated Nov 24, 2017and Feb 22, 2023 by VViljanen (by permission)from playback of digitally simulated reconstructed original reproducing piano roll, using a modelled Grand Blüthner modified by VVV
Photo: Percy Grainger (1882-1961)
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Basic info* of the original piano roll:
CHILDREN'S MARCH: Over the Hills And Far Away (arrangement for Two Pianos)
Roll Number: 6368, 6368-5
Composer/Creator: Grainger
Pianist: Grainger, Hough
Roll System: Duo-Art
Country: US
Date: December, 1920
Category: popular, salon
Original Price: $3.25 (Price after 1922)
*Info source: The Piano Player Group web page (by permission)

Grainger: Children's March, Percy Grainger & Lotta Hough in 1920, on Duo-Art 6368

A live recording from 2000. Sorry about the bad sound quality.

Enchanted Forest (Robin Hood)

Opening/excerpt  (Robin Hood)

Sheriff Of Nottingham (Robin Hood)

Sherwood Song (Robin Hood)

Friar Tuck's Song (Robin Hood)

The False King Of England (Robin Hood)

Seize The Day (Robin Hood)

Marian's Song (Robin Hood)

Gun Salute Song (Robin Hood)

The Juggler (Robin Hood)

Wedding March (Robin Hood)

The King's Soldiers' March (Robin Hood)

Spinning Wheel (Robin Hood)

Kyrie (Robin Hood)

Mendelssohn: La Chasse 'Hunting Song' Op.19 No.3, Ernst Reuter in 1927, on Duo-Art D-603.
Re-recorded in 2017 by VViljanen (by permission)from the digitized copy of the original reproducing piano roll with virtual Grand Bluethner Model One, tone/sound modified/designed by VV.
COMMERCIAL USE PROHIBITED.
Photo: Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy 
The information on the original piano roll:
HUNTING SONG (La Chasse), Op. 19, No. 3 from "Songs Without Words" No. 3 (children's roll annotated by Percy A. Scholes)
Roll Number: 603, D-603
Composer/Creator: Mendelssohn
Pianist: Reuter
Roll System: Duo-Art
Country: UK
Date: November, 1927
Category: audiographic, classical, for children
Original Price: n/a
Notes: Popular edition

Mendelssohn: La Chasse 'Hunting Song' Op.19 No.3, Ernst Reuter in 1927, on Duo-Art D-603

Rimsky-Korsakov: Flight of the Bumblebee. Sergei Rachmaninoff in 1929, on Ampico 70301.
Recordoded 26 Sep 2017 by VViljanen (by permission) from the digitized copy of the original reproducing piano roll.
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Photo: Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)
The basic info of the original piano roll:
FLIGHT OF THE BUMBLEBEE
Roll Number: 70301, 70301H
Composer/Creator: Rimsky-Korsakov
Pianist: Rachmaninoff
Roll System: Ampico
Country: US
Date: November, 1929
Category: classical, popular
Original Price: $2.00
*Info source. The Piano Player Group wb page (by permission)

Rimsky-Korsakov: Flight of The Bumblebee. Sergei Rachmaninoff in 1929 on Ampico 70301

Happy Birthday to You. Played by Irwin Schwartz. Recorded by VViljanen 17 May 2017. - Thanks, Irwin..!!

HBD2U..!!!

Polla: Dancing Tambourine. Milton Delcamp 1927 on Ampico 68361.
Recorded 21 Nov 2017** by VViljanen (by permission)from the digitized copy of the original reproducing piano roll.
Photo: Dancing Tambourine sheet music 
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Basic info* of the original piano roll:
DANCING TAMBOURINE Fox-Trot E flat
Roll Number: 68361, 68361F
Composer/Creator: Ponce, Polla
Pianist: Delcamp
Roll System: Ampico
Country: US
Date: November, 1927
Category: dance, popular
Original Price: $1.50
Notes: Assisted
*Info source: The Piano Player Group web page (by permission)

Polla: Dancing Tambourine. Milton Delcamp 1927 on Ampico 68361

My warmest thanks to everyone stopping by for listening to my tracks, the most of the representing a  'REVIEW   OF THE PAST TIME PIANISTS' INTERPRETATIONS ON THE HISTORICAL PIANO ROLLS, and in addition to them, also to a minor but growing  LISTS of MY MY OWN RENDITIONS, all of the latter representing a variety of piano music, & some pipe-organ classics, - and  TO THE Growing LISTS OF (just lately done and reproduced)  TRANSCRIPTIONS OF VARIOUS CHAMBER MUSIC CLASSICAL PEARLS FOR TWO PIANOS.
A HEADSET IS RECOMMENDED for optimal sound experience!
This kind of 'touching' on these old pre-sound-rec. era works by the great performers of the past, and giving my sound to these old 'punch rolls',  makes me feel  deep humbleness, .and I wish that this modest attempt to bring these  performances alive will satisfy you listening to them!
To introduce myself...
I am a Finnish M.D., PhD. and Hand Surgeon (now retired), previously when young with 10 years of professionally orientated piano studies at Turku Conservatory in 1965-1975, partly  along with medical University studies. 
The digital sound techniques have become very familiar to me already from 1980's along with my university research work  
and my musical activities.
As continuation to my musical and professional experience, I have, during the last few years of my retirement, adopted a music historical challenge
to bring the past time major and minor pianists, prior to sound-recording era, onto the same 'start line' with the present pianists, by making their presentations, played onto 'punch rolls' i.e. piano rolls, audible with modern digital techniques. This wouldn't be possible without the pioneering  efforts of Richard Stibbons, Wayne Stahnke, Terry Smythe, Warren Trachtman, Spencer Chase, and others, who developed the optical digitizing techniques of the piano rolls, and digitized them.

The main part of my recordings here in SC consists of selection recorded by me from optically digitized piano-rolls** (from 1910's on or earlier, classical and 'vintage era'). These recordings of mine are not and will not be commercially unavailable. - The rolls were first optically scanned and converted into a digital form by diverse operators** (see also to the info of each piece). The pieces here were partly (minor part) picked from various open net sources, publicly available, but mainly from the huge archive (n=ca.5000) of digitized copies copies of the original reproducing piano rolls, made available to me by one of the pioneers of roll digitizing tehchniques (willing to keep anonymous), and then recorded from this archive mainly with virtual grand piano (called by me 'Bluethner Model One') modified/re-designed by me, as well as the rec settings. 
Also a minor selection of my own renditions among my records can be found here, included on my playlist 'Bach Goes Virtual', the name of the list telling something about the techniques used for getting the end result... The list includes various organ works by J.S.Bach and others, and also a few piano renditions of mine. Then there are included also various pieces which have been in my repertoire, but here played mainly by the  'guest' great players of the past (before the sound recording era).
MY MOST HUMBLE THANKS TO THE NOBLE DONOR  OF THIS INVALUABLE PIANO ROLL MATERIAL FOR MY USE!!!
My Sincere Thanks also to The Player Piano Group, UK, for providing me their permission to use the information about the piano rolls collected and provided on their web page ( https://rolls.playerpianogroup.org.uk ),  and for simplifying my short historical presentations of these renditions on their re-publication here!
AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, MY MOST HUMBLE THANKS TO EVERYONE  OF YOU FOR LISTENING, AND FOR YOUR 'LIKES' & COMMENTS !
YOUR LISTENING & FEEDBACK IS TRULY APPRECIATED..!!.
Use of good headphones or speakers will make your music experience more enjoyable!
Best wishes, all the best
Veikko
These recordings are not commercially available, and ANY KIND OF THEIR COMMERCIAL USE IS PROHIBITED.

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Veikko Viljanen