Dear Sirs, For my dissertation in Musicology I am desperately looking
for Koczalski's Pleyela rolls playing Chopin. Do you own any of them
or can you suggest a way to find them?
Thank you very much in advance for your attention to my request!
Federico Foglizzo
University of Pavia
Italy
[ The rollography by Dr. Larry Sitsky gives this list of Chopin
[ pieces performed by pianist Raoul von Koczalski for Pleyel:
[
{ LABEL NUMBER TITLE
{ Pleyela 10277 Berceuse Op. 57
{ Pleyela 10295 Impromptu Op. 29
{ Pleyela 10299 Barcarolle Op. 60
{ Pleyela 10310 Fantasie Impromptu Op. 66
{ Pleyela 10311 Impromptu Op. 36
{ Pleyela 10322 Polonaise Op. 26, No. 1
{ Pleyela 10326 Preludes Op. 28. Nos. 4, 5, 6 and 7
{ Pleyela 10330 Preludes Op. 28. Nos. 16 and 17
{ Pleyela 10333 Preludes Op. 28. Nos. 23 and 24
[
[ Koczalski also recorded for Hupfeld Triphonola and Welte-Mignon.
[
[ Source: Sitsky, Larry: The Classical Reproducing Piano Roll:
[ A Catalogue-Index (Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1990)
[ Hardcover, 1440 pages, 2-volume set, ISBN-10 0313254966
[
[ A nice biography of pianist Raoul von Koczalski, written by
[ Japanese concert pianist Yuki Negishi, is published at
[ https://melaniespanswick.com/2020/04/19/pianists-from-the-past-raoul-von-koczalski/
[
[ Federico's musicology study program is described at
[ http://www-2.unipv.it/dottorati/Doctorates_file/Page3724.htm
[
[ -- Robbie
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