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Composers Inspired by Mechanical Music
By Gerhard Dangel

[ Randolph Herr wrote in 000530 MMD: ]

> In his first biography, [George Gershwin] is quoted as saying
> that he remembers that when he was 10 years old, he heard an
> automatic piano in a penny arcade playing "Melody in F".  This
> would have been around 1909.

Most probably it was the "Melodie in F" (-Dur Op. 3 No. 1) from
Anton Rubinstein, a very popular piece at this time.

Regards

Gerhard Dangel-Reese
Augustinermuseum, Freiburg

(Message sent Fri 2 Jun 2000, 05:33:27 GMT, from time zone GMT+0200.)

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