In 000222 MMDigest Brian Chesters asks about the first British series
Duo-Art rolls:

>  01 Vistas,  Composed and played by Scott
>  02 Puck, Grieg, played by De Greef
>  03 Three Cuban dances, Cervantes, played by Verne
>  04 Album leaf, Grieg, played by De Greef
>  05 Ode Heroique, composed and played by Scott
>  06 Con Delicatessa, composed and played by Scott
>  07 Caprice Chinois, composed and played by Scott
>  08 First Bagatelle, composed and played by Scott
>  09 Decorations for piano, J. Ireland, played by W. Murdoch
> 010 Impromptu No. 4 Schubert, played by Arrau.

Coincidentally, I was talking to Denis Hall about rolls 011 and 012,
both by Cecile Chaminade, only last Tuesday night.  Charles Davis Smith
shows all these as "by 9/23", but the dates are known more accurately
than that.  Reginald Reynolds, the editor of the London Duo-Art
recordings, is known to have spent a few months (possibly July to
September; Yvonne Hinde-Smith, his surviving daughter, was born during
his absence) in 1919 in New York learning the editing process from
J. Creary Woods, the New York editor, preparatory to starting the
London recording studio.

All these rolls were recorded, if not issued, in late 1919 on his
return.  Anything popular would already have been recorded in America,
so the London office obviously launched off on what was locally in
demand (Cyril Scott, John Ireland) and to capture well-known pianists
who were in London for a recital and willing to play a party piece
buyers would have heard of.

Dan Wilson, London