Duo-art Player

Duo-Art Player Piano Roll - The Aeolian Company - Rudolph Ganz - “Liebestraum (Dream of Love) - Nocturne #3, O Love” - Liszt - 60814 About the Interpreter:  Rudolph Ganz was born in Zurich, Switzerland on February 24,1877 to Rudolf Ganz, Sr. and Sophie Bartenfeld.  He studied cello with Friedrich Hegar and piano with Robert Freund at the Zürich Musikschule. He also took composition lessons with Charles Blanchet at the Lausanne Conservatory. From 1897 to 1898, Ganz studied piano with Fritz Blumer in Strasbourg, and from 1899 to 1900 with Ferruccio Busoni in Berlin and Weimar and composition with Heinrich Urban in Berlin. On December 7,1899, he made his piano debut with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; and on April 14, 1900, his conducting debut with this orchestra in the world premiere of his own Symphony No. 1 in E major. In 1900, Ganz moved to Chicago where he died at the age of 95 after a long and distinguished career as a pianist, conductor, composer, and music educator. About the piece: "Liebestraum - Nocturne #3, O Love” was originally a song composed by Franz Liszt.  The piano transformation of the song was done in 1850 - the melody has a rare degree of simplicity and sentiment of the typical German song.  It is one of the best loved of Liszt's original compositions. About the Manufacturer:  Duo-Art was one of the leading reproducing piano technologies of the early 20th century. These technologies flourished at that time because of the poor quality of the early phonograph. From 1913 - 1925, a number of distinguished classical and popular pianists (such as Harold Bauer) recorded for Duo-Art, and their rolls are a legacy of 19th-century and early 20th-century aesthetic and musical practice. The recording process – using a piano wired to a perforating machine – was unable to capture the pianist's dynamics automatically. These were added by a recording technician, who manipulated hand controls to notate the dynamics onto the recording 'master'. Post-recording editing was required to produce the finished performance – usually a joint effort by the recording technician and the pianist, who approved the final product. Thus, these recordings do represent the overall style of these great artists and are a good representation of their live performances." This role has not been played in over 70 years.  It was purchased by a family who owned an Aeolian baby grand player piano.  The role was stored in a basement for decades and looks to be in good condition.  However, I have not seen or heard it play myself. I only ship to addresses in the U.S. via USPS.  Please examine the photos carefully.  No returns.