Pianophilia

Could not find any Frank Hilsher at the Library of Congress site or the Mississippi State site, but there is a march for sale here:
http://www.kampko.com/catalog.php?ref=k ... ame&per=25

All my Lothar Perl works can be found at:

http://www.mediafire.com/?5d3cpiocq6h9n9k

This does contain some duplicates.

It also contains a Ballade and a Nocturne not previously posted here. These are part of Perl's "3 Syncopated Romances" - I don't know what the third one is - if anyone has it - and it's not hiding in this folder under some other name then please post !

I am particularily looking for Alexander Tsfasman's "Fantasy on themes from Dunayevsky" - Does anyone have that ?

Regards,
Toby

tobyjj wrote:I am particularily looking for Alexander Tsfasman's "Fantasy on themes from Dunayevsky" - Does anyone have that ?

Regards,
Toby

I really thought that by now everybody would know my score archve:
http://www.mediafire.com/alfor ("Cfasman")

Here it is (don't know, if he composed more Dunayevsky Fantasies):
http://www.mediafire.com/?uzyzyyznggi

Ah Alfor,

Many Thanks indeed - I had actually considered asking you for this directly as it seems you have magical powers in locating absolutely everything [most of which is sadly far too difficult for me - but which I love looking at anyway!]. I should have added my voice to those who have indicated their appreciation for the rare and obscure works you continue to unearth and post on your "Rareties" page. I'm sorry I didn't do so but for the avoidance of doubt, please add my name to your fan club !

As for your archive - I'm not sure why, but for some reason having looked there once, I got the impression that it was limited to recorded music only. Having looked again, I see I was wrong - I now have a lot of browsing to do ... and I may have to learn how to read Cyrillic characters too!

Thanks again for the Tsfasman,

Regards,
Toby

Just found this excellent transcription of Willie "The Lion" Smith's "Relaxin'."

http://davespianolessons.com/Relaxin.pdf

There are many other fine transcriptions on Dave Ratcliffe's website:

http://davespianolessons.com/index.html

Here's a showy bit o' music by another unknown, one Ward Conrad. I like what I've heard of it, but I don't have time to work out many pieces; any opinions?

Best,
Curtis

Dannen wrote:Just found this excellent transcription of Willie "The Lion" Smith's "Relaxin'."

http://davespianolessons.com/Relaxin.pdf

There are many other fine transcriptions on Dave Ratcliffe's website:

http://davespianolessons.com/index.html

That's an interesting site, Fredric!
I had perchance found it a few years ago and tried to contact Mr. Ratcliffe to ask him if it was possible to order new transcriptions from him: I'm always desperately looking for transcriptions of ragtime and early jazz pianists.
Unfortunately Ratcliffe never replied to my message and I must say that it's alway quite difficult to find a good transcriber who's willing to transcribe from recordings.
I don't want to place any kind of advertisement here, but since there are some websites that offers quality transcriptions of ealry jazz pianists, I'd like to post links of them.
I just purchased a couple of transcriptions ("Jesse James" by Albert Ammons and the "Cow Cow Blues" by the GREAT Cow Cow Davenport) from this website that offers excellent transcriptions of boogie woogie and blues pieces (Boogie Woogie Online):
http://boogie-online-us.npage.co.uk/
I tried to encourage this staff of great transcribers to concentrate their future interest on pianists like Cow Cow Davenport, Little Brother Montgomery, Jimmy Blythe, Hersal Thomas, etc... these are the kind of blues musicians of whom I'd like to play the music!
Then there's a French musician, named Paul Marcorelles, who transcribed a number of stride piano solos by Fats Waller, Don Lambert, Willie Smith, etc... AND, most important, he even transcribed many pieces by the great James P. Johnson.
Paul recently transcribed some boogie woogie solos, including "Chicago Stomp" by the great Jimmy Blythe!
Here's his website:
http://www.blueblackjazz.com/sheetmusic.html
I sincerely hope there will be interest in the work of these people. If there are real ragtime music lovers in here (I understand we are just a few...), it will be usdeful to encourage these transcribers in dedicating to the work of the many ragtime pianists who recorded in their life.
Also, there are early and late ragtime pianists who've been overlooked, in spite of the fact they were pianists with a strongly personal style and, in my opinion, the true great artists of the '20s and '30s (Jimmy Blythe, Frank Melrose, Alex Hill, etc...).
Anyway I hope you'll find these transcriptions interesting and that the precious work of these music transcribers will be encouraged.
Best RAGards
Luigi

gigiranalli wrote:That's an interesting site, Fredric!
I had perchance found it a few years ago and tried to contact Mr. Ratcliffe to ask him if it was possible to order new transcriptions from him: I'm always desperately looking for transcriptions of ragtime and early jazz pianists.
Unfortunately Ratcliffe never replied to my message and I must say that it's alway quite difficult to find a good transcriber who's willing to transcribe from recordings.
I don't want to place any kind of advertisement here, but since there are some websites that offers quality transcriptions of ealry jazz pianists, I'd like to post links of them.
I just purchased a couple of transcriptions ("Jesse James" by Albert Ammons and the "Cow Cow Blues" by the GREAT Cow Cow Davenport) from this website that offers excellent transcriptions of boogie woogie and blues pieces (Boogie Woogie Online):
http://boogie-online-us.npage.co.uk/
I tried to encourage this staff of great transcribers to concentrate their future interest on pianists like Cow Cow Davenport, Little Brother Montgomery, Jimmy Blythe, Hersal Thomas, etc... these are the kind of blues musicians of whom I'd like to play the music!
Then there's a French musician, named Paul Marcorelles, who transcribed a number of stride piano solos by Fats Waller, Don Lambert, Willie Smith, etc... AND, most important, he even transcribed many pieces by the great James P. Johnson.
Paul recently transcribed some boogie woogie solos, including "Chicago Stomp" by the great Jimmy Blythe!
Here's his website:
http://www.blueblackjazz.com/sheetmusic.html
I sincerely hope there will be interest in the work of these people. If there are real ragtime music lovers in here (I understand we are just a few...), it will be usdeful to encourage these transcribers in dedicating to the work of the many ragtime pianists who recorded in their life.
Also, there are early and late ragtime pianists who've been overlooked, in spite of the fact they were pianists with a strongly personal style and, in my opinion, the true great artists of the '20s and '30s (Jimmy Blythe, Frank Melrose, Alex Hill, etc...).
Anyway I hope you'll find these transcriptions interesting and that the precious work of these music transcribers will be encouraged.
Best RAGards
Luigi

Thanks for the sites, I'll have to order a few transcriptions myself.

Say, has anyone here heard of Carl Vandersloot? I've found a March of his, "Our Sammies" for Solo Piano, that looks syncopated enough for this thread (too big for the scanner, though, so it'll take a little while); I found another in a collection of the Library of Congress, but a copy here wouldn't hurt.

Best,
Curtis

Babaco wrote: Thanks for the sites, I'll have to order a few transcriptions myself.

Say, has anyone here heard of Carl Vandersloot? I've found a March of his, "Our Sammies" for Solo Piano, that looks syncopated enough for this thread (too big for the scanner, though, so it'll take a little while); I found another in a collection of the Library of Congress, but a copy here wouldn't hurt.

Best,
Curtis

Hi Curtis,
"Our Sammies" is a typical one-step, quite march-like and slightly syncopated in a few points.
The InHarmony collection has online copies of some Vandersloot pieces, including "Our Sammies", that can be downloaded here:
song version: http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/lilly ... -261052-01
instrumental version: http://fedora.dlib.indiana.edu:8080/iud ... -261051-01
For those who are not familiar with the InHarmony colelction website, here's the link (they feature a LOT of ragtime scores):
http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/inharmony/welcome.do
Luigi

gigiranalli wrote:Hi Curtis,
"Our Sammies" is a typical one-step, quite march-like and slightly syncopated in a few points.
The InHarmony collection has online copies of some Vandersloot pieces, including "Our Sammies", that can be downloaded here:
song version: http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/lilly ... -261052-01
instrumental version: http://fedora.dlib.indiana.edu:8080/iud ... -261051-01
For those who are not familiar with the InHarmony colelction website, here's the link (they feature a LOT of ragtime scores):
http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/inharmony/welcome.do
Luigi

Hi, Luigi,

This seemed like the best place to put it. I always felt the North American Piano thread seemed to aim for more "serious" pieces of music. Thank you for the link! I'm amazed by InHarmony's collection, and already downloaded enough rags to keep me entertained for a long time.
My family and I visit Pennsylvania in the summer, and nearby our house there's a little auction house. I've seen boxes of literally hundreds pieces of music go there for less than a dollar. Unfortunately, I started to really take interest in playing obscure music as we were preparing to come back down last year, and so only had time to snag one envelope containing around 40 or so pieces, which I've been uploading out of recently. Let's hope this summer brings lots of the good stuff. I'm only 16, though, and quite a novice for my age, so I don't have the eye for things experience brings. Yet...

Best,
Curtis