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Prince of virtuosos : a life of Walter Rummel, American pianist

Title
Prince of virtuosos : a life of Walter Rummel, American pianist / Charles Timbrell.
ISBN
0810851393 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Published
Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2005.
Physical Description
xiii, 215 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. + compact disc (4 3/4 in.)
Local Notes
Compact disc house in Recordings Library (Non-circ.).
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
February 04, 2005
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Famous families
Preludes and fanfares
Rue Raynouard
Friendship with Debussy
Life with Isadora Duncan
International celebrity
Royal friendships
Living dangerously, 1940-1945
Remnants and reflections.
Partial contents
Contents of compact disc: Mortify us by Thy grace [from BWV 22] (2:38) ; Jesus Christ, Son of God [from BWV 4] (3:10) ; Blessed Jesus, here we stand [BWV 731] (3:32) / [J.S.] Bach ; arr. Rummel ( Suisse Romande radio broadcasts of 1948)
Legend no. 1 : St. Francis of Assisi preaching to the birds (6:34 ; Deutsches Rundffunk broadcast, 1944) ; Legend no. 2 : St. Francis of Paola walking on the waves (7:37 ; Suisse Romande broadcast, 1948) ; Sonetto 123 el Petrarca (5:07 ; Deutsches Rundfunk, 1944) / Liszt
Prelude & fugue in Bb minor, WTC I / Bach (5:48 ; Polydor 67933, 1942)
From heaven high I come to Thee [BWV 606] / Bach ; arr. Rummel (2:16 ; Voix de son Maître P-858, 1930)
Bagatelle in A, op. 33 no 4 (3:17 ; Polydor 6284, 1941?) ; Bagatelle in A minor ("Für Elise") [WoO 59] (2:47 ; Polydor 62843, 1941?) / Beethoven
(contents of cd cont.) Liebestraum no. 3 (3:42 ; Polydor 67936, 1942) ; Ave Maria (d'Arcadelt) [S. 659] (3:41 ; Polydor 67936, 1942) / Liszt
Waltz in Ab, op. 39 no 15 / Brahms (2:03 ; Voix de son Maître P-863, 1931)
Waltz in C# minor, op. 64 no 2 (2:53 ; Polydor 68063, 1943) ; Waltz in Gb, op. 70 no 1 (2:18 ; Polydor 68064, 1943) ; Mazurkas in A minor, op. 17 no 4 (3:34) & op. 68, no 2 (2:23) (Polydor 68279, 1943) ; Etude in C# minor, op. 25 no 7 (4:28 ; Columbia Graphophone test pressing, 1924) / Chopin
Rondo capriccioso, op. 14 / Mendelssohn (3:47 ; Columbia Graphophone test pressing, 1924)
Liebestod / Wagner ; arr. Liszt (4:08 ; Columbia Graphophone test pressing, 1924).
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