The legendary pianists II; Beethoven, Gluck, Moszkowsky, Scria

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 one thousand recordings. I'm doing art reproducing piano rolls collected by Dr Campbell stuff. The chairman of the music department at Washington State University. The duo Arved was a highly sophisticated refinement of the. 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. Today's program presents Joseph Hoffman Henry Seidel of compositions by five different composers for the first number he plays Turkish March by Beethoven. This work is one of the eight incidental numbers from the ruins of Athens a dramatic allegory which Beethoven set to music in 1900 and for

chorus an orchestra. The transcription for piano was made by Anton Rubinstein a former teacher of Hoffmann. You have just heard Turkish March by Beethoven. Mr. Hoffman plays for us next a piano

transcription of an era from klicks opera Orpheus in your idiocy. This arrangement was made by the Italian composer pianist Giovanni's gumbo. You have been listening to melody by Luke. The next number on today's recital is the

juggler asked by Moskovsky another early teacher of Joseph Hoffman. Just heard the juggler ASPI Moskovsky would turn next to Mr Hoffman's interpretation of a

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The remainder of today's program will present the first movement of the Chopin E minor concerto

the second and third movements will be played on next week's recital. Mr Hoffman's performance of both the piano solo part and their pastoral reduction have been combined onto one player row. We hear now the Allegro my still slow movement. I am.

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I am. You've been listening to the first movement of Chopin's E minor concerto played by Jules of Hawkman.

We invite you to be with us again next week at this same time to hear his performance of the two concluding movements. 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 Stout the chairman of the music department at Washington State University. Speaking to legendary pianists as produced by Washington State University Radio and distributed by the NAACP Radio Network. This is the Radio Network.