An international collaborative effort has produced what is probably
the first new music for the Aeolian "Celestina" and the Wilcox & White
"Symphonia" in 80 or more years.
American composer and arranger, Mr. Stephen Kent Goodman, also a
Celestina owner, has selected tunes from the period, and arranged
them in the original styles to suit the scale and compass of the
instruments. Celestina owner and engineer, Mr. John Wolff of
Australia, then digitized these arrangements for punching according
to the original perforation standards, and manufactured the rolls,
labels, spools, and boxes, authentic to the originals.
The following six rolls have thus far been produced:
* The Thunderer March.
* My Sweetheart's the Man in the Moon - waltz song.
* Mississippi Rag.
* Children's Medley. Includes: London Bridge is Falling Down,
Baa Baa Blacksheep, Hickory Dickory Dock, Jack and Jill,
The Farmer in the Dell, Rock-a-Bye Baby.
* Amazing Grace (three verses - includes word sheet).
* At A Georgia Camp Meeting - cakewalk & two-step.
Copies of these rolls are available to order in limited quantities.
Further details and MP3 sound samples of each roll are available
on the web site : http://www.vicnet.net.au/~wolff
For further information contact:
John Wolff,
P.O. Box 101
Belgrave, VIC, 3160
Australia
email: wolff@vicnet.net.au
http://www.vicnet.net.au/~wolff
Kelly Goodman
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