For Sale: Il Guarany Overture (Gomez) in mint condition with original
seal.

Hi there folks,  I have two copies of "Il Guarany Overture" by Gomes
on the Virtuoso label (#300).  One copy I use, the other copy is a
virgin, mint condition copy with the ribbon/seal still on (around) it.
While the box has certainly seen [much] better days, the roll is, as
I said, in mint condition.  I would like to sell it - needless to say,
for as much as I can.  I guess I'm asking for bids if I may be
permitted.

I've sent a color image of the label (of the used roll) to Robbie
so you can see what it looks like.  Some day soon I hope to have
a MIDI copy of the roll.  It's a neat piece as opera overtures go.

I guess I should add that it is a marimba arrangement.  Most of the
melody is in that format.

Anybody interested?

Regards,
J. B. (Ben) Roth

 [ Has anybody more information about the "Virtuoso" brand?
 [ See the label at http://mmd.foxtail.com/MMMedia/brands.html
 [
 [ I searched the 'Net for information about the song.  The
 [ opera-ballet, "Il Guarany", by Brazilian composer Antonio Carlos
 [ Gomes, premiered in 1870 at La Scala, Milan, and enjoyed many
 [ successful performances throughout the world except the USA.
 [ A planned concert in Chicago in 1892 was cancelled, in part because
 [ the Brazilian government did not grant the expected subsidy.  Carlos
 [ Gomes was terribly disappointed, and wrote home:
 [
 [  "I had expected to make good business here, but soon realized this
 [   was impossible!  In this country, art is a myth.  The Americans are
 [   not in the least interested in anything but what is a novelty of
 [   practical life, that is, the easiest means to earn dollars!"
 [  (Ref. http://www.bn.br/extra/musica/ecgguar.htm)
 [
 [ At http://www.georgetown.edu/faculty/prw/AMSCC/2002Spring.html :
 [
 [  "The Overture is played on all Brazilian radio stations every
 [   weekday at 7:00 p.m. to announce a program of government news.
 [   [In] substituting for Brazil's national anthem ... the work by
 [   Carlos Gomes has become 'an icon of Brazilianess'."
 [
 [ -- Robbie