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Tempo Error on Aeolian Duo-Art Organ Roll 3055
By Bob Taylor

Aeolian Duo-Art Organ Roll 3055, Scherzo Movement 3, "The New World",
by A. Dvorak, is marked at Tempo 60, it should be Tempo 80.  The same
goes for the roll from the Hack recut project.  I don't know if there
is a Kegg recut since I haven't seen that roll.

This 3rd movement uses triplets throughout to deliver its main theme.
After listening to roll 3055 played at its marked tempo, I knew
something was wrong.  The triplets were slow, but the movement is
marked vivace.  I examined the 116-note version of the roll and found
it was marked Tempo 80.  While not perfect, the holes on the two rolls
do line up close enough to say the marked Tempo of "60" on the Duo-Art
Organ roll is clearly an error.

As part of the centennial celebration for my Aeolian Opus 1280, I have
embarked upon a large audio recording project which includes this
composition.  More information about the project will be in another
posting.

Bob Taylor
Missouri


(Message sent Sun 26 Oct 2014, 15:25:55 GMT, from time zone GMT-0500.)

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