The legendary pianists II; Handel, Chopin, Rubinstein, Schuman

The legendary P.A.. Radio Network brings you another in a series of recycles by keyboard giants of the early 20th century. These performances are selected from more than 1000 Recordings. Reproducing piano rolls collected by Dr. Campbell stuff the chairman of the music department at Washington State University. Was a highly sophisticated repayment of the player piano developed to preserve actual performances of Concert Artists. In the days before electronic records. Now here is Campbell stout. To introduce today's legendary pianist. Today's program features give Marna by a pianist who is still prominent on the concert stage today after several years of study in our native country Brazil she went to Paris at the age of 14 to study in the conservatory with the door Felipe. She was graduated in

1000 Levon as winner of the first prize of the conservatory. And the same year gave a highly successful debut recital in Paris. After two years of touring in France Germany England Italy and Switzerland she returned to Brazil where she appeared in leading cities for another two years. Then in 1015 she played her first recital in the United States about a year later she made her first recording for the reproducing piano and continued periodically to record these player roles until about 1930. The person number on today's program featuring devise is Handel's Largo in its original form. It was the opening aria in Xerxes one of Handel's numerous operas which have long since disappeared from the stage. It had its first performance in London in 1738 miss Novis plays a piano transcription by Parsons. Following the Largo by Handel we hear a performance by our no bias of two of the better known

Japan etudes Opus 25 number nine commonly called the butterfly and the Opus to number five known as the black. You have been listening to two short plays for us next

Nocturne in G major. Following the Rubenstein Nocturne we hear another Nocturne performed by this one

by Robert Schumann. It is the one in F major and is one of the better known short pieces by Schumann. You have just heard the nocturne in F Major by Robert Hume on our Novis recital

continues with Knight in Seville by name and. You have been listening tonight in Seville by Walter name on closing today's program

as novis plays Will o' the wisp by her former teacher. He's a door Phillipe. You have been listening to Will o' the wisp as performed by today's featured artist.

This has been the legendary pianists. 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. The legendary pianist is produced by Washington State University Radio and distributed by the N.A. Radio Network.