> Cynthia Cathcart wrote: > >> At 11:46 PM 2/4/03 -0500, you wrote: >> >>> And Scott Joplin *was* classically trained. He studied classical >>> piano as a child. He studied music theory at the George R. Smith >>> College for Negroes in Sedalia, Missouri. Initially it had been his >>> ambition to become a classical pianist and composer. >> >> >> Cool! I don't think I knew that. (Or maybe I knew it 20 years ago and >> forgot). Now I really do think those piano rolls were inferior to his >> skill. > > > My dad has a CD of a piano roll done by George Gershwin. It is > interesting from the standpoint that Gershwin saw potential in the piano > roll as a unique instrument. He cut music that can't acutally be played > by a person on a piano. > > Bob
Kind of like the very primative precusor to multi-track recording. -- Toby Rider ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) "IMHO this is a wholly unacceptable piece of equipment to play music with. The real question is, whether it is more functional as a piece of furniture, cigarette holder, or dart board?" - Anonymous musicial instrument reviewer Toby Rider's Understated Homepage: http://www.blackmill.net/toby_rider/ Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music & Culture List - To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
