Handful of Keys

A nice showcase piano piece composed by Mel Stallwood reviving the silent movie days but also including a funky boogie middle section.
Arranged, 'decorated and dramatized', and recorded by VV Feb 4, 2022, using a modelled old Bechstein Grand (1896)...

That Old Film Flicker

Mel Stallwood:That Old Film Flicker - Arr.VV

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

Carolina Shout, played by the composer James P.Johnson 1918 on ArtempoRoll - 12975, scanned and converted into a digital form by Robert Perry (pianola.co.nz), Re-recorded in 2015 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..

James P. Johnson: Carolina Shout,    played by the composer in 1918

CapriceRag, played by the composer James P Johnson 1917 on Artempo piano roll # 12415. Scanned and converted into a digital form by Robert Perry (pianola.co.nz). Re-recorded in 2015 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.

James P. Johnson: Caprice Rag, played by the composer in 1917

Blue, played by  Zez Confrey 1922 on Golden Age Piano Roll #2004. 
Scanned and digitized by Warren Trachtmann 2007, http://www.trachtman.org/rollscans/RollListing.php . 
Re-recorded from this digitally simulated reconstructed original piano roll by VV in 2015 using on its playback a modelled Grand Bluethner, sound/tone modified by VV.

Blue, played by  Zez Confrey 1922

Burning Sands*, played 1922 by Zez Confrey on QRS Piano Roll # 2147. CScanned and digitized by Warren Trachtmann 2005. Re-recorded from this digitized copy of the original roll file 2015 by VV with virtual Grand bluethner, tone/sound modified by VV.

*composed by B.Onivas

Burning Sands, played 1922 by Zez Confrey

Desecration, played 1914 by Zema Randale(1900-1918) on Imperial piano Roll # 52035.Re-recorded in 2015 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.. -------Desecration was dedicated by the Arndt quite simply to T. Whoever he or she may have been is a mystery. The work itself is indeed humorous cleverly combining well known melodies from classic composers to whit: Antonín Dvorák (Humoresque), Ferencz Liszt (2nd Rhapsody), Christian Sinding (Rustle of Spring), Fryderyk  Chopin (Scherzo, Polonaise and Funeral March).

Arndt: Desecration, played 1914 by Zema Randale (1900-1918)

They'll Be Whistling It All Over Town*. Played by Pete Wendling 1917 on QRS Piano Roll # 444. Converted into a digital form by Warren Trachtman 2004. Re-recorded in 2015 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.
*composer J.Schwartz

They'll Be Whistling It All Over Town, played by Pete Wendling 1917

Truly, played 1922 by Original Piano Trio on Ampico Piano roll # 202901, Scanned and converted into a digital form by Warren Trachtman 2013. Re-recorded in 2015 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.
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Info of the original piano rol:
TRULY Fox-Trot D flat
Roll Number: 202901, 202901E
Composer/Creator: Rose
Pianist: Original Piano Trio
Roll System: Ampico
Country: US
Date: October, 1922
Category: dance, popular, song
Original Price: $1.25
Notes: With words

Rose: Truly, played 1922 by Original Piano Trio

From a midi rendition of an unknown band, re-arranged for piano by VV 2015. Recorded from arranged sequence with virtual Grand Bluethner, modified by VV.
Photo: Herbie Hancock
- The original song ("Cantaloupe Island")written by Herbie Hancock is a 16 bar repeated chart consisting of F minor for 4 measures, D♭7 for 4 measures, D minor for 4 measures, then F minor again. "Cantaloop" excludes the D minor section, uses the F minor section during the verses, and goes between the F minor and D♭7 during the horn riffs and trumpet solo.

Cantaloupe Island

Played 1923 by Jelly Roll Morton on VocalstykehandPlayedInstrumental -piano roll #50479. Re-recorded in 2016 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.
*made available for non-commercial use by Robert Perry 2010(pianola.co.nz). 
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Photo: Jelly Roll Morton 1890-1941

Jelly Roll Morton: London Blues played 1923 by the Composer

Maple Leaf Rag, played 1899 by J. Lawrence Cook on QRS piano roll # 7308. Scanned and converted into a digital form by Warren Trachtman 2005. Re-recorded in 2016 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. Composer: Scott Joplin.

Scott Joplin: Maple Leaf Rag, played 1899 by J.Lawrence Cook

Recorded from the original live midi file sequence of  Bob Mace, by VViljanen by permission, 22 Mar 2016 (with  Grand Bluethner Model One (modified, revoiced and  reonfigured by VV)
Photo: Bob Mace

MISTY played by Bob Mace. Re-rec 2016.

Played by Zez Confrey on QRS World Roll #1361.   Composed by Zamecknick** 1920.
Re-recorded in 2016 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.
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*Freely made available for NON-commercial purposes  by Robert Perry . rob@pianola.co.nz / http://www.pianola.co.nz
**John Stepan Zamecnik (May 14, 1872 in Cleveland, Ohio – June 13, 1953 in Los Angeles, California) was an American composer and conductor. He is best known for the "photoplay music" he composed for use during silent films by pianists, organists, and orchestras.

Zamecknick: Biddy, played by ZezConfrey in 1921

Johnson: Harlem Strut. James P. Johnson in 1922 on  QRS  101014. 
Recorded 2016 by VV from the digitally simulated original reproducing piano  roll (by permission), digital simulation having made in 2014  by Warren Tractman, wstco.com.
Photo: James P. Johnson (1894-1955), the creator and father of the 'stride piano style'.

Johnson: Harlem Strut. James P. Johnson in  1922 on QRS 101014

Handful Of Keys,  composed 1929 by  Thomas 'Fats' Waller, Sequenced and rendered  by  Irwin Schwartz. Recorded Jun2016 by VV from the sequence by permission. 
Commercial use prohibited.

Thomas 'Fats' Waller: Handful Of Keys (1929), rendition by Irwin Schwartz.

'Blue Grass' was issued in October 1928 as DuoArt roll number 0561 in the USA or 0906 in the UK. (It would have been recorded in New York). 
Recorded in 2016 by VViljanen and the rec updated Feb 21, 2023 by VV (by permission)from the digitallysimulated reconstructed original reproducing piano roll , using on its playback and rec a modelled Grand Bluethner, modified by VV.
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Photo: Pauline Alpert
Info of the original piano roll:
BLUE GRASS ("Southern" Fox-Trot Song)
Roll Number: 0561, 0561
Composer/Creator: Henderson
Pianist: Alpert
Roll System: Duo-Art
Country: US
Date: October, 1928
Category: dance, popular, song
Original Price: $1.25 (Avg price (between $0.65 and $2.00))
Notes: With words

Henderson: Blue Grass.  Pauline Alpert 1928 on Duo-Art 0561

Riccardo Pick-Mangiagalli (1882–1949): La Dance d'Olaf Op.33 no 2. Wilhelm Backhaus plays in 1923 on Duo-Art 6667.
Recorded in 2016, and the rec updated** 11 July 2017, by VViljanen (by permission)from the digitized copy of the original reproducing piano roll.
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Basic info* of the original piano roll:
La DANSE D'OLAF (Olaf's Dance), Op. 33, No. 2
Roll Number: 6667, 6667-3
Composer/Creator: Pick-Mangiagalli
Pianist: Bachaus
Roll System: Duo-Art
Country: US
Date: October, 1923
Category: classical
Original Price: $2.75
*Roll info source: from The Piano Player Group web page (by permission)
**Updated tempo = 0.7 x that of the digitized roll copy

Pick-Mangiagalli: La Dance d'Olaf Op. 33 no 2. Wilhelm Backhaus in 1923 on Duo-Art 6667

Hager-Ring: Gloria. Characteristic Dance. Vincent Lopez in 1924 on Ampico 63041.
Recorded 24 July 2017 by VViljanen (by permission) from a digitzed  copy of the original reproducing piano roll.
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Photo: Vincent Lopez 1895-1975
Basic info* of the original reproducing piano roll:
GLORIA characteristic Dance
Roll Number: 63041, 63041E
Composer/Creator: Hager, Ring
Pianist: Lopez
Roll System: Ampico
Country: US
Date: April, 1924
Category: classical, popular
Original Price: $1.25
*Roll basic info source: from The Piano Player Group web page (by permission)

Hager - Ring: Gloria. Characteristic Dance. Vincent Lopez in 1924 on Ampico 63041

Schumann-Tausig: El Contrabandista,  Romance Espagnole Op. 85 No 6. Josef Hofmann In 1926 On Duo - Art 7072.
Recorded (updated) 23 Aug 2017 by VViljanen (by permission)from a digitally processed copy of the original reproducing piano roll.
ANY KIND OF COMMERCIAL USE PROHIBITED. 
Photo: Josef Hofmann 1876-1957
The Basic info* of the original piano roll:
El CONTRABANDISTA (The Smuggler), Romance Espagnole (transcribed by Tausig)
Roll Number: 7072, 7072-4
Composer/Creator: Schumann
Pianist: Hofmann
Roll System: Duo-Art
Country: US
Date: November, 1926
Category: popular, salon
Original Price: $3.00
*Info source: The Piano Player Group web page (by permission)

Schumann-Tausig: El Contrabandista Op. 85 No 6. Josef Hofmann 1926 on Duo-Art 7072

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.
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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..!!.
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Best wishes, all the best
Veikko
These recordings are not commercially available, and ANY KIND OF THEIR COMMERCIAL USE IS PROHIBITED.

Handful of Keys

Veikko Viljanen