The legendary pianists II; Grieg and Schumann

The legendary pianists. BNA E.B. 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 stuff. The chairman of the music department at Washington State University. The duo art was a highly sophisticated refinement of the player piano. Developed to preserve actual performances of concert artists in the days before I like chronic record. Now here is Campbell stout. To introduce today's legendary pianist Percy Granger was born near Melbourne Australia in 1883 and died in the United States in 1061 after a very active career as a concert artist.

Perhaps it is because of his early close friendship with Edvard Grieg that he recorded so many of that composers works for the door. Today we will hear his performance of seven Norwegian folk songs arranged by Greig as part of his opus 66. The ones included our cattle call love song and all of ballet wedding song guardians cradle song peasant dance and wrapped in thought. I wonder. A.

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I am. You have just heard seven of the Norwegian folk songs from Green's Opus 66. The concluding number on today's program will be the symphonic studies Opus 13 by Robert

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I am. You've been listening to the symphonic studies Opus 13 by Robert Schumann.

It was played by Percy Granger the featured artist on today's program. This is band the legendary pianists. It's a series of recitals from doing large reproducing piano rolls by the keyboard giants of the early 20th century. Your host and commentator on these programs is Dr. Campbell Stout the chairman of the music department at Washington State University. Speaking to the legendary pianist is produced by Washington State University Radio and distributed by the NAEMT Radio Network.