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"Ungarische Lustspiel Ouvertuere" by Keler Bela
By Christofer Noering

Hello all!  The "Hungarian Comedy Overture" as played by the 38er Voigt
fairground organ is identical to the "Ungarische Lustspiel-Ouvertuere
von Keler Bela" that I heard on a Weber Violano orchestrion in Werner
Baus's Mechanical Music Museum in Fulda, Germany (in the summer of
1975).

But the most known piece by that name probably is the one that
I have on no less than three different copies of sheet music, in three
different arrangements (piano 2 hands, piano 4 hands and violin+piano)
and from three different publishers, all agreeing that this is the
Hungarian Comedy Ouverture by Keler Bela, opus 73.

Some years ago, I made a MIDI arrangement of this piece (music file
sent to editor) which, by the way, turned out to be quite impressive
played on Johan Liljencrants' home-built street organ (see
http://w1.879.telia.com/~u87902212/organ/organ.htm )

Now, folks, as there are no less than three "Leonore" ouvertures by
Beethoven, why shouldn't there be two Hungarian Comedy Overtures
around?

Best regards
Christofer Noering
Stockholm

 [ Quoth the raven: "Nevermore, Leonore!" (Edgar Allen Poe)  ;-)


(Message sent Thu 9 Oct 2003, 09:00:56 GMT, from time zone GMT+0200.)

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