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e-Concert #2

Here's a second short musical program to enjoy. I thought this might be an interesting way to present piano roll midi files for a change. Start at piece number one and play your way through. Don't just click and click and never get to listen to anything properly - there's only 8 pieces not 3000 after all. Hopefully you'll find something here you never heard before. I'll put together another 1/2 hour of music shortly. A copy of everything you hear is scanned for preservation. This second"concert" is based around syncopated music like the first. Many thanks to Julian Dyer for scanning and making this possible.

1. Mendle's Son
Very irreverent one-step treatment for poor old Mendelssohn here. Chunks of his Spring Song and Wedding March plus more are all one-stepped in together. The musical arrangement is mad-as-a-hatter : just the thing! Composed by "F Barthold" - the name is clearly a play-on-words with Mendelssohn's name Themodist T24036 Mendle's Son One Step - F Barthold - 88-note

2. That Ever Lovin' Bear Cat Dance
A divine 1911 melody from that great Indiana tunesmith Paul Pratt. They don't write song titles like this anymore! Melographic X212-75 That Ever Lovin Bear Cat Dance - Paul Pratt 88-note

3. Zu Zu Rag
A little-known rag from 1916 played here live by Victor Arden. The printed score is a bit bare-bones so Arden fills out the chords a bit and injects a little life. Issued as an early Ampico recording and here as a Rythmodik-label version of the same perfromance. Rythmodik E17663 Zu Zu Rag - Max E Fishler played by Victor Arden 88-note

4. "Gay Broadway" Comic Opera Hits of 1912
A grand Herman Avery Wade medley of 1912 Broadway show tunes. The individual titles are (i) That Tangalo Tap (ii) Ma Blushin' Rosie (iii) Love Never Dies (iv) My Sumurun Girl (v) Buzz On, Busy Little Bees (vi) Roses Bloom for Lovers (vii) When There's No Light at All (viii) I Want a Regular Man Universal 99335 88-note

5. 12th Street Rag instrumental foxtrot
A novel 1920s re-vamp for the old rag which has more lives than a cat. Arrangement by C Wheeler. Themodist T24133 12th Street Rag - Euday Bowman 88-note

6. Apple Jack "Some Rag"
A nice example of an early C L Johnson rag. A simple arrangement of a simple rag with a charm of it's own. QRS 30924 Apple Jack - Johnson 88-note

7. Follies of 1914 selection
All the hit tunes of the Ziegfeld Follies of 1914 expertly arranged again by Mr. Wade into sheer delight! Music by Stamper & Hubbell. The individual titles are : (i) When the Ragtime Army Goes Away to War (ii) Baby Love (iii) Futurist Girl (iv) Good-Night (v) My Little Pet Chicken Artistyle 91416 Follies of 1914 - Stamper & Hubbell 88-note

8. Claire de Lune rhythm version
A mellow way to finish up. J Lawrence Cook's oh-so-laid-back version of Debussy's Claire de Lune QRS 8021 Claire de Lune - Debussy : arranged and played by J L Cook 88-note