School of Syncopation - Jazz, Stride, Novelties & the Like

[swingopations]

Hello, everyone! I'm new, here! My name's Davide, from Italy; and I'm interested (or rather obsessed) in everything that's raggy, jazzy, bluesy or simply syncopated. Oh... Not mentioning I'm also a great fan and connoisseur of avant-garde music. In all honesty, I still can't believe I found such a gold mine in this little corner of the Internet.

I propose you a challenge. Could you help me in obtaining Leopold Mittmann's (avant-garde) Jazz works, please? As far as I know, he wrote at least three Jazz works: Jazz-Etüde (19??), Jazz-Konzert-Suite (1929) and Jazz-Babies (1946). In all honesty, I'm not very sure if any copy of his Jazz-Etüde has survived to this day, actually.

In return, I'll be extremely happy to share with you all one of the rarest (and interesting) German Jazz Novelties folios ever I'm speaking about the unfindable Gerhard Mohr's Stars folio (1929). And, in addition to this, I will also share with you Léo Laurent's Original Swing Piano Conceptions Voll. 1 & 2 (1930s).

Thank you for your attention!

[bingo]

I propose you a challenge. Could you help me in obtaining Leopold Mittmann's (avant-garde) Jazz works, please? As far as I know, he wrote 3 Jazz works: Jazz-Etüde (19??), Jazz-Konzert-Suite (1929) and Jazz-Babies (1946). In all honesty, I'm not very sure if any copy of his Jazz-Etüde has survived to this day, actually.

Just from googling "Leopold Mittmann noten":

Concert Jazz Suite https://www.musikalienhandel.de/noten/k ... +40370.htm
Recorded recently as part of Gottlieb Wallfisch's series of recordings "20th Century Foxtrots" - try reaching out to the pianist.

Boston https://www.booklooker.de/B%C3%BCcher/L ... zfBUy01ZZS

This listing is from Musikverlag William Zimmermann Frankfurt am Main

Mittmann advertisement.png

[swingopations]

Hello All,
Rob - Thanks for posting this great Dixon set - these are not ridiculously difficult and a welcome addition to anyone's collection.

There is apparently another one called "Mammy Land" at the In Harmony online library - but despite being told about it's presence there I couldn't find it.

With regard to "my list" of difficult pieces - I need to give this some thought. Often it is just a few bars that stump me and which (when I play them) sound as if they do not really belong in the piece as a whole. I alsways assume when this happens that there must be some conventional notation shorthand which I am misreading or about which I'm simply ignorant. Of course there are some pieces that I do know exactly how they should sound, but which completely stump me anyway !!

Here are the Mary Lou Williams piano transcriptions:
Mary_Lou_Williams_-__Boogie_Woogie_Piano_Transcriptions.pdf

And here are 6 "originals"
6 Original Boogie Piano Solos - Mary Lou Williams.pdf

The Thomas Griselle is a good find. I have "2 American sketches" by him - but nothing else. (If you're interested). The 2 American sketches are courtesy of another member here on Pianophilia, though I haven't posted them up yet.

Regards,
tobyjj

Hi! I'm actually really interested in Griselle's 2 American Sketches. Might you share them, please? In return, I'll give you Griselle's Tomfoolery (1923) and Noodlin' (1923)

[swingopations]

I propose you a challenge. Could you help me in obtaining Leopold Mittmann's (avant-garde) Jazz works, please? As far as I know, he wrote 3 Jazz works: Jazz-Etüde (19??), Jazz-Konzert-Suite (1929) and Jazz-Babies (1946). In all honesty, I'm not very sure if any copy of his Jazz-Etüde has survived to this day, actually.

Just from googling "Leopold Mittmann noten":

Concert Jazz Suite https://www.musikalienhandel.de/noten/k ... +40370.htm
Recorded recently as part of Gottlieb Wallfisch's series of recordings "20th Century Foxtrots" - try reaching out to the pianist.

Boston https://www.booklooker.de/B%C3%BCcher/L ... zfBUy01ZZS

This listing is from Musikverlag William Zimmermann Frankfurt am Main
Mittmann advertisement.png

Thanks for the tip!
In the meantime, I discovered all Mittmann's compositions are preserved here: https://www.digitalniknihovna.cz
I hope their copyright will expire soon (2025?)

[Oenanthic]

Hello All,
Rob - Thanks for posting this great Dixon set - these are not ridiculously difficult and a welcome addition to anyone's collection.

There is apparently another one called "Mammy Land" at the In Harmony online library - but despite being told about it's presence there I couldn't find it.

With regard to "my list" of difficult pieces - I need to give this some thought. Often it is just a few bars that stump me and which (when I play them) sound as if they do not really belong in the piece as a whole. I alsways assume when this happens that there must be some conventional notation shorthand which I am misreading or about which I'm simply ignorant. Of course there are some pieces that I do know exactly how they should sound, but which completely stump me anyway !!

Here are the Mary Lou Williams piano transcriptions:
Mary_Lou_Williams_-__Boogie_Woogie_Piano_Transcriptions.pdf

And here are 6 "originals"
6 Original Boogie Piano Solos - Mary Lou Williams.pdf

The Thomas Griselle is a good find. I have "2 American sketches" by him - but nothing else. (If you're interested). The 2 American sketches are courtesy of another member here on Pianophilia, though I haven't posted them up yet.

Regards,
tobyjj

Hi! I'm actually really interested in Griselle's 2 American Sketches. Might you share them, please? In return, I'll give you Griselle's Tomfoolery (1923) and Noodlin' (1923)

Not sure if you've found another copy already, but the SFSMA has the Nocturne (unfortunately not the March) from "Two American Sketches": https://www.sfsma.org/two-american-sketches/

[swingopations]

Hello All,
Rob - Thanks for posting this great Dixon set - these are not ridiculously difficult and a welcome addition to anyone's collection.

There is apparently another one called "Mammy Land" at the In Harmony online library - but despite being told about it's presence there I couldn't find it.

With regard to "my list" of difficult pieces - I need to give this some thought. Often it is just a few bars that stump me and which (when I play them) sound as if they do not really belong in the piece as a whole. I alsways assume when this happens that there must be some conventional notation shorthand which I am misreading or about which I'm simply ignorant. Of course there are some pieces that I do know exactly how they should sound, but which completely stump me anyway !!

Here are the Mary Lou Williams piano transcriptions:
Mary_Lou_Williams_-__Boogie_Woogie_Piano_Transcriptions.pdf

And here are 6 "originals"
6 Original Boogie Piano Solos - Mary Lou Williams.pdf

The Thomas Griselle is a good find. I have "2 American sketches" by him - but nothing else. (If you're interested). The 2 American sketches are courtesy of another member here on Pianophilia, though I haven't posted them up yet.

Regards,
tobyjj

Hi! I'm actually really interested in Griselle's 2 American Sketches. Might you share them, please? In return, I'll give you Griselle's Tomfoolery (1923) and Noodlin' (1923)

Not sure if you've found another copy already, but the SFSMA has the Nocturne (unfortunately not the March) from "Two American Sketches": https://www.sfsma.org/two-american-sketches/

Although I have not yet managed to recover a complete copy of this publication, I thank you IMMENSELY, Œnanthic, for providing me with the link to Griselle's Nocturne

[W.Ch.]

Does anyone have Mary Earl's Sweet Siamese foxtrot sheet music?
Thanks

[quercus]

A quick search turned up a couple of nice full color scans. One is a song, the other is for solo piano.

https://od1.oregondigital.org/catalog/o ... 1/mode/1up
https://digitalcollections-baylor.quart ... em=1977804

[W.Ch.]

Oh! Thank you

[PhilM93]

Hi all

Looking for a score of a particulate song for a customer of mine,
who just bought a Grand Piano

It's called In case you didnt know by Brett Young
Would anyone have a decent piano transcription of it?

Btw, i know, it is still in copyright

Regards
Philm93