The legendary pianists II; Rameau, Schumann, Beethoven

The legendary P.A.. Radio Network brings you another in a series of recitals by keyboard giants of the early 20th century. These performances are selected from more than 1000 Recordings. On duo are reproducing piano rolls collected by Dr. Campbell Stout the chairman of the music department at Washington State University. Was a highly sophisticated refinement of the player piano developed to preserve actual performances of concert artists in the days before electronic record. Now here is Campbell stout to introduce today's legendary pianist contemporary was one of France's most important composers during the first half of the 18th century. Today's hereabout recital opens with Romo's music a typical

movement from the dance suite of the period. You have just heard music by Remo Harold Barr plays for us next a composition

titled novelette. Robert Schumann was the first composer to apply this term to musical composition. He wrote eight of them all together the one today being his opus 21 number two. You have been listening to the human novel at Indy. All of the 32

Beethoven sonatas have been recorded for the do art reproducing piano. Unfortunately many of them are released only in England and are extremely difficult to obtain. Of the ones recorded in the United States Harold Bower is the performing artist for three. We will now hear his interpretation of the well-known one in C Minor Opus 13 for which made a woman gay. The name of the teak. The first movement opens with a slow introduction which leads into the leg broken Greil. The second movement is marked adagio can top only and the last movement run to Allegro. I am.

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The Poteet. It was played by Harold Bauer the featured artist on today's program. This has been the legendary pianists. It's a series of recitals From do a large reproducing piano rolls by the keyboard giants of the early 20th century. Your host and commentator on these programs is Dr. Campbell Stott the chairman of the music department at Washington State University. Speaking. The legendary pianist is produced by Washington State University Radio and distributed by the N.A. Radio Network.