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"Pictures At An Exhibition" On Piano Rolls
By John Hupcey

I just received a Play-Rite recut of Duo-Art 70299, "Promenade; An
Old Castle" played Serge Prokofieff.  Does anyone have the only other
Duo-Art Pictures at an Exhibition roll:  65910 No. 4 "Cattle" & No. 5
"Ballet of Unhatched Chicks" that they are willing to part with?

What I really wonder is why no one ever recorded the whole suite, as it
was originally composed for piano?  I would love to hear it on my piano!

One website indicated there are Welte rolls 2165 & 2166, but it doesn't
say which movements are recorded.

John Hupcey

 [ "Pictures At An Exhibition", performed by Gabriel Romanowsky,
 [ was recorded by Welte-Mignon in Russia in 1910.  It was published
 [ in T-98 "Green" format:
 [   2165 Part  I, Nos. 1-5, Moussorgsky/Romanowsky (GN)
 [   2166 Part II, Nos. 6-10, Moussorgsky/Romanowsky (GN)
 [ Ref. "The Welte-Mignon, its music and musicians", by Charles Davis
 [ Smith and Richard Howe, published by Vestal Press for AMICA, (C)1994,
 [ ISBN 1-879511-17-7.  -- Robbie


(Message sent Wed 17 Oct 2018, 22:20:38 GMT, from time zone GMT-0700.)

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