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Seek "Lustspiel Overture" on Piano Roll
By Peter Clarke

Dear all,  Having recently heard again the lovely Ruth fair organ
that belongs to Nigel Myers and family, at Lincoln show, playing the
recently acquired "Lustspiel Overture", I am determined to try and
find an 88-note piano roll for my Brinsmead Pianola.

The organ crew kindly told me that they thought that there were at
least two different pieces of music with this title and that the one
on the Ruth, which is recut from the original Ruth library, is the
one which is described as a comic opera -- "Hungarishe?"

I've missed a couple of rolls on eBay which I think were Aeolian but
could anyone out there kindly point me to the correct roll manufacturer
and maker's number (if in fact it does exist outside my vague memory!)
and maybe confirm what this other similarly titled roll might be?

Incidentally one of the most atmospheric arrangements of this overture
is on the gorgeous Weber Maesto in the Amersham collection which is
nothing short of magical!

Best regards,
Peter Clarke

 [ "Lustspiel Ouvertüre" is the overture that precedes a comic opera.
 [ Many pieces bear this title.  The piece heard playing on Ruth fair
 [ organs is usually the "Lustspiel Ouvertüre" Opus 108 by Hungarian
 [ composer Kéler-Béla; for example, on YouTube at
 [ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_tgZNw1W0w 
 [ The first page of Op. 108 piano music is at
 [ http://s3.imslp.org/images/thumb/pdfs/2c/ba2ca55aebc638b744360339e6b5a6c325712ec9.png 
 [ See the MMDigest discussion at
 [ http://www.mmdigest.com/Gallery/Sounds/lustspiel.html  and image
 [ http://www.mmdigest.com/Gallery/Sounds/Overturen_von_Keler_Bela.jpg 
 [ -- Robbie


(Message sent Mon 5 Sep 2016, 10:39:16 GMT, from time zone GMT-0700.)

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