Mechanical Music Digest  Archives
Home Archives Calendar Gallery Store Links Info
MMD > Archives > December 2003 > 2003.12.06 > 04Prev  Next


Gottschalk Piano Roll Research
By Larry Lobel

Hello Ryan,  Around the turn of the 20th century, Gottschalk's music
was very popular and many piano rolls of his music were issued by
various companies.  "The Last Hope" was by far the most common
composition found on piano rolls.  I have a bibliography of Gottschalk
piano rolls, but the one you have is not listed, probably because there
were so many of them that the bibliographer couldn't locate them all.

Since your roll is apparently not a reproducing roll (performed by
well-known artists, issued mainly by the Ampico, Duo-Art, and Welte
companies, which printed the artists' name on the label), it's probably
impossible to trace the performer.  I'm a Gottschalk fanatic and have
a lot of information about him; please let me know if I can help in any
way.

Larry Lobel - Virtuoso Piano Service
Petaluma, California  USA


(Message sent Sat 6 Dec 2003, 16:55:46 GMT, from time zone GMT-0800.)

Key Words in Subject:  Gottschalk, Piano, Research, Roll

Home    Archives    Calendar    Gallery    Store    Links    Info   



Click HERE to write to the editor, or to post a message about Mechanical Musical Instruments to the MMD

Unless otherwise noted, all opinions are those of the individual authors and may not represent those of the editors. Compilation copyright 1995-2008 by Jody Kravitz.

Please read our Republication Policy before copying information from or creating links to this web site.

Click HERE to contact the webmaster regarding problems with the website.

Please support publication of the MMD by donating online

Pay via PayPal

No PayPal account required

                           
Pay via Amazon
Amazon Honor System Click Here to Pay Learn More
Please do not use
the anonymous option!
. .