Pianophilia

Well, thats all from me.

i am now going to listen to some Sorabji which I hope will cure my ailment.

Thal

Hi Thal, Thanks for all the Cy Walter transcriptions - I had many but not all of these, and certainly not the manuscripts and songs. I wasn't aware that there was a Cy Walter website, but I'm glad to hear it because he certainly was one of the best popular pianists of all time in terms of harmonic language and sophisticated technique. Anyone interested in popular piano transcriptions has to have these!!

I hope the Sorabji is soothing...is it the Opus Clavicembalisticum perchance?

All best,

Frank

Fats Waller has been one of my musical gods ever since I was a kid and my parents took me to see the Broadway show "Ain't Misbehavin'." I got the P/C score a few years ago, but was disappointed to find that it varied a lot from the recording. Here is my transcription of "Squeeze Me," from the cast album recording (sung by the excellent Armelia McQueen):
More Waller to come - stay tuned.

Thalbergmad:

Thank you for these Walter' scores, , do you have the original verison of "Dancing in the Dark"?, Thanks.

ILU.

i am afraid not old chap.

Thal

Thal:

Thank you anyway, with all these good stuff that you have posted we will have a great time, and maybe some PP member can upload "Dancing in the dark".
ILU.

Peter (liveforpiano) here.
Searching through my music for a work totally unrelated to this topic, I found a volume by Joe Sanders that contains:-
1. Intangibility
2. Embers
3. Inhibition
4. Southology These are in a 1931 Robbins Music publication which is to large to scan. I can photo-copy it into A4 size for scanning if anyone is interested.
Also I have almost a complete Billy Mayerl in my collection if you are looking for any of his works. These are all photocopies so no problem to scan.

Hi Peter,

I have that Joe Sanders folio which you described; it's very rare and I haven't seen it in years now. Eventually that would be a good target for posting because of its scarcity and also if I remember correctly the pieces were pretty good. On Mayerl ditto here; I think a concerted effort to post his works would be very worthwhile. No pianist should be without them! Not many have been posted on the PP site yet, and I was planning to post a number myself - maybe we can combine efforts to avoid duplication of work?

All Best,

Frank

Hello Frank,

Re Mayerl. I could scan my catalogue of his works, so you could see what I have. Then, if you like we can share the scanning of them.
Obviously, if there are pieces there that you don't have, I will do those first, and we can move on from there. Of course if you have them all we can work something else out. I am quite happy to share the load. There is a lot of music. Regarding the list of works. Shall I send it to you, or put it on site.
Some years ago I bought a pile of music that suites this site. I have just found the following from it.
Peter De Rose - Autumn Serenade
Alec Templeton - A Sultry Day in New York
And a particular favourite of mine. Ted Mossman - Central Park Romance.

Hi Peter,

I think if you were to sketch a list of Mayerl's piano works that would not only be a great start, but would probably be of significant interest to PP members. For example, so many of Mayerl's late works (1950s) are extremely obscure and I'm sure many people are unaware of them. For the moment it might be best to concentrate on the original compositions and not the transcriptions (which probably out-number the original compositions!) Also the three titles which you list are once again very scarce. The Mossman is likely the best known (very beautiful piece). I would say any material like this would be very worthy fodder for the syncopations folder.

Thanks & All Best,

Frank