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The DUO.,ART MONTHLY PUBLISHED BY The AEOLIAN COMPA~Y Aeolian Hall NEW YORK VOLUME 12 MAY, 1926 NUMBER 8 Ossip Gabrilowitsch MONG the noteworthy events of the Despite his arduous labors with his orches "music season" just ended has been the tra, appearing in approximately 100 concerts A series of piano recitals with which Ossip each season, Mr. Gabrilowitsch still finds time Gabrilowitsch celebrated the twenty-fifth anni for some 30 or more piano recitals and for versary of his first American tour. Born in several appearances as plano soloist with other Petrograd, on February 7, [878; a protege orchestras than his own. His piano mastery and pupil of Anton Rubinstein; graduated has not suffered frord any preoccupation with from the Petrograd Conservatory as winner the orchestra; he remains today one of the of the Rubinstein Prize in 1894 j then for two greatest pianists of his time. years a pupil of Leschetizky in Vienna, he had His playing reveals his reflective and poetic achieved remarkable success in tours of Ger temperament, but also at times dazzles by its many, Austria, Russia, France and England brilliance, or astounds by its surging power, its before coming to the United States. Russian fire and passion. The impression of his excellence as a pianist, Ever since the Duo-Art Piano was invented made on his first visit in 1900, was deepened Mr. Gabrilowitsch has recorded his playing on subsequent visits-in 19°1, '06, '09, '14, for this instrument exclusively, and there is '15, '16, '17. From 1910 to 1914 he lived no other reproducing piano that can bring in Munich as conductor of the "Konzertverein" into the home, the piano intrepretations of of ~hat city. Since 1918 he has been con Ossip Gabrilowitsch at his best-as he plays ductor of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, today. and in that capacity has built up a fine orches The Duo-Art Records by Ossip Gabri tra and has won new personal distinction as lowitsch now available (others are in prepara one of the foremost orchestral conductors. in .. tion) include the following very attractive and America. beautiful pieces: Title Composer Roll No. Pr~e Danse des Elfes, Op. 3. Sapellinikoff 6211-5 $3.25 Etude in F. Op. 10, No 8 . Chopin 6414-4 3.00 Etude in F Minor, Op. 25, No.2 Chopin 6349-4 3.00 Intermezzo in Octaves, Op. 44, No.4. Lescllftidy 5670-3 2.75 Marche Militaire, Op. 51, No.1 (for 4 hands) Schubert 6487-6 3.50 Played by Gabrilowitsch and Bauer Melodie in E Minor, Op. 8, No.1 'Cabrilo'UJitsch 6926-4 3.00 Moment Musical, Op. 94, No.3. Schubert 5841-4 3.00 Prelude in C-sharp Minor, Op. 3, No. 2 Rachmaninoff 5804-5 3.25 Romance, No.3. .............. Faure 5659-3 2.75 Spinning Song, Op. 67. No.4 (Songs Without Words, No. 34) . Mendelssohn 66730 2.50 Valse in E Minor (Posthumous) ....... Chopin 62730 2.50 Valse (from "Suite," Op. 15) (for 2 pianos) .. 1/ rensky 5849-0 4.5() Played by Gabrilowitsch and Bauer Page Three I •• •• • •• •• •• •• • • • • • •• • ••••• •••• • ••• ••••• • • • •• , r, The AMICA BULLETIN AUTOMATIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENT COLLECTORS' ASSOCIATION MAY/JUNE 1999 VOLUME 36, NUMBER 3 ·", Latest Broadway Hits in Dance Music Title Compose,. Roll No. Price (What Can I say) After I Say I'm Sorry?-Fox-Trot Donaldson ~ Lyman 713217 $1.25 Arranged and Played by Phil Ohman Behind the Clouds (Are Crowds and Crowds of Sun beams)-Fox-Trot .......... Davis ~ DeSylva 713218 1.25 Arranged and Played by Frank Banta But I Do-You Know I Do-Fox-Trot . Walter Donaldson 713219 1.25 Arranged and. Played by Alan Moran Do I Love You? (When There's Nothing But "Yes" in My Eyes) (£rom "Naughty Cinderella")-Waitz .. Christine ~ Goetz 713220 1.25 Arranged and Played by Constance Mering Drifting and Dreaming (Sweet Paradise), (a Hawaiian llanAlstyne, Schmidt Love Song)-Fox-Trot ............ ~ Curtis 713221 1.25 Arranged and Played by Alan Moran & Rube Bloom Gypsy Land-Fox-Trot . Merton H. Bories 713222 1.25 Arranged and Played by Alan Moran In My Gondola-Fox-Trot. ..... l/arry Hrarren 713223 1.25 Arranged and Played by Rube Bloom Let's Talk About My Sweetie-Fox-Trot . Walter Donaldson 713224 1.25 Arranged and Played by Phil Ohman (I Don't Believe It-But) Say It Again-Fax-Trot A hner Silver 713225 1.25 Arranged and Played by Frank Banta If'hiting, Lewis ~ Sweet Child (I'm Wild About You)-Fox-Trot. Simon 713226 1.25 Arranged and Played by Moran and Wehrlin Whose Who Are You?-Fox-Trot .... Jesse Greer 713227 1.25 Arranged and Played by Alan Moran HE collaboration of two such experts in the list. "Do I Love You?" is the out· T as Donaldson and Lyman could hardly standing popular hit of the musical comedy fail to produce a meritorious Fox-Trot, "Naughty Cinderella," and is a great favor but the first number in the above list, "After ite "on the air," as well as with the dance ry I Say I'm Sorry?" cannot be characterized in orchestras. such inadequate terms. It's one of the sen "Drifting and Dreaming" has the peculiar sational hits of the season-a great Fox-Trot, and appealing lilt and swing of a typical catchily melodious and rhythmically irresis Hawaiian Love Song-which is just what it tible. And Phil Ohman has recorded an ar is, and a very pretty one, as well as a grace rangement of it that's a hummer. ful Fox-Trot that is in great favor with The expert Walter Donaldson is also rep dancers. resented in the list by two other brand new popular successes: "But I Do--You Know "Gypsy Land" is a new Fox-Trot song I Do," a combination of an excellent popular from the Pacific Coast, where it has recently song and Fox-Trot that is being played all become immensely popular. It promises to be popular in the East also, for it is both clever over the country today i and "Let's Talk and attractive. About My Sweeetie," one of the snappiest Fox-Trots that even Donaldson has ever writ One of the best of the newest Fox-Trots. ten. "In My Gondola," is being featured in vaude "Behind the Clouds" is a Hew Fox-Trot ville as well as by all the leading dance orches with a very nifty dance tune-a really beau tras. tiful melody, expressive and singable. Frank "Sweet Child" is a new Fox-Trot of the Banta has made and played an expert piano jazzy type and is characteri.,;ed by its nice arrangement of it i as he has also of that other Charleston rhythm. It's a great Broadway new and great popular hit, "Say It Again" hit, and the snappy, sparkling record-roll by -a stunning dance tune that has been fea Alan Moran and Jack Wehrlin is a sure-fire tured over the radio and is in constant de willner. mand with the dance orchestras everywhere. "Whose Who Are You," another dandy Constance Mering's artistic playing and her new Fox-Trot, has some odd but beautiful clever skill in arranging for the piano music melody, a wonderfully appropriate harmonic written for orchestral performance are shown accompaniment, and fascinating rhythm. An in her delightful record-roll of the only waltz exceptionally attractive number. Page 'Ten /"""\. "- • ••• •••• ••• • •••• ••• ••••••• •••••••• •••••• •••••• THE AMICA BULLETIN AUTOMATIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENT COLLECTORS' ASSOCIATION Published by the Automatic Musical Instrument Collectors' Association, a non-profit, tax exempt group devoted to the restoration, distribution and enjoyment of musical instruments using perforated paper music rolls and perforated music books. AMICA was founded in San Francisco, California in 1963. 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