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Operatic selections

Contents Suggested highlights 1

Background stories 1

Operatic selections – Title order 2

Operatic selections – Composer order 6

Operatic selections – Pianist order 11

The 100 MIDI files in this category are from over 40 operas written by some 28 composers. Operatic selections on

piano roll were very popular at the time, with Wagner operas the most frequently recorded. In most cases, the selections

are arrangements or transcriptions, not just a piano score for a repetiteur. In several cases, composers are playing their

own music (marked below with *). Earliest recordings are from 1905.

Composers include d’Albert*, Bizet, Donizetti, Gounod, Humperdinck*, Leoncavallo*, Mascagni*, Puccini, Rossini,

Saint-Saens*, Verdi (10 selections) and Wagner (37 selections).

Pianists include Robert Armbruster, Wilhelm Backhaus, Ferruccio Busoni, Eugen d’Albert, Vladimir Horowitz, Ralph

Leopold, Benno Moiseiwitsch and Dr Cornelius Rybner.

Suggested highlights

Air From Louise (Depuis le jour) from Louise by Charpentier, played by Howard Brockway

Carmen - Variations on Melodies arranged and played by Vladimir Horowitz

Variations Don Juan Op.2 on Mozart’s “La ci darem la mano” by Chopin, played by Robert Goldsand

Pagliacci, Intermezzo, played by the composer Ruggero Leoncavallo

Meditation from Thais by Massenet, played by Alexander MacFadyen

La Favorita, Grand Morceau de Concert on themes by Donizetti-Ascher, played by Genevieve Pitot

Lucia Di Lammermoor Fantasie Dramatique by Donizetti-Liszt, played by Dr Cornelius Rybner

Magic Fire Scene “The Valkyrie” by Wagner, played by Dr Cornelius Rybner

Tannhauser Overture by Wagner, played by Benno Moiseiwitsch

Background stories

1. Vladimir Horowitz (1903-1989) recorded his famous Carmen Variations twice on piano roll, for the Welte-

Mignon in 1926 and for the Duo-Art in 1927-28. Both versions are different, and Horowitz never published the

work. Scholars have since produced a score using the piano roll recordings.

2. Ralph Leopold (1884-1955) studied piano in Berlin where he made his debut with the Berlin Philharmonic

Orchestra, appearing first in America in 1919. He made a specialty of giving lecture-recitals on Wagner’s operas.

3. Hans Hofmann was a Bayreuth pianist who recorded the piano selections on a set of five rolls produced for the

Duo-Art about Richard Wagner. Called Audiographic Biographical rolls, the notes on these rolls were written by

Wagner’s son Siegfried, who required that a Bayreuth pianist make the roll recordings.

4. Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924) had three Welte-Mignon recording sessions in 1905 to record the Rigoletto

Paraphrase by Verdi-Lizst. It was Welte’s practice that if an artist did not like their recording, it would be done

again, despite the effort needed each time to produce the roll recording. The final recording was made on

November 11, 1905.

5. Cornelius Rybner (1855-1929) recorded his transcriptions for the Welte-Mignon (1913) and the Ampico (1920s),

recording similar works for both systems. According to the November 1921 issue of Ampico Recordings, Rybner’s

“Transcriptions of Wagner have been honoured by the commendation of Franz Liszt.” Rybner was made head of

the music department at Columbia University in 1904, replacing an ailing Edward MacDowell.

6. Pietro Mascagni (1863-1945) appears on an Ampico roll, but in fact the recording he made was for the Hupfeld

DEA in Leipzig. Under a deal with Hupfeld, it was also issued as an Ampico roll. There are very few operational

DEA reproducing pianos, giving importance to the Ampico version.

Contents page Operatic selections – Title order Composer order

Pianist order

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Operatic selections – Title order

Title Composer Pianist Roll No.

Issue/ rec

date

time midi file name

Ah! I Have Sighed Me To Rest from "II Trovatore"

Verdi Collini B-6227 09 1922 3:45 Ah Sighed Me To Rest (Verdi) Collini LW

Aida Selections: Battle Hymn; Celeste Aida; O Terra-Adio; Triumphal Scene

Verdi Armbruster 66769 10 1923 7:45 Aida sels (Verdi) Armbrstr DA

Air From Louise (Depuis le jour) Charpentier Brockway 59691 1912 4:17 Air from Louise (Charpentier) B'way A

Andrea Chenier Potpourri Giordano Sebestyen 62553 11 1925 5:44 Andrea Chenier Sels, Sebestyen AA

Ballet des Sylves from “Damnation Of Faust”

Berlioz-Liszt Landowska 965 1916 by 4:04 Ballet des Sylves (Berlioz) Landowska RW

Barcarolle "Tales of Hoffmann" Offenbach Pelletier 60683 04 1922 3:44 Barcarolle (Offenbach), Pelletier A

Bohemian Girl selections (Marble Halls etc)

Balfe Rapee 6421 05 1921 8:33 Bohemian Girl sels (Balfe) Rapee DA

Carmen - Variations on Melodies Bizet-Horowitz

Horowitz 7250 10 1928 3:23 Carmen Variations, Horowitz DA

Carmen Selection. Intro, Prelude, Habanera, Chorus of Street Boys, Duet-Tell Me About My Mother, Duet-I am going to Dance in Your Honor, Toreador Song

Bizet Rapee 6508 02 1922 8:06 Carmen sels, Rapee DA

Carmen Selections Act 3 Entrance of the Smugglers, Card Scene, Micaela's Aria, Duel, Finale

Bizet Armbruster 72659 10 1928 9:55 Carmen sels Act 3, Armbrstr DA

Cavalleria Rusticana Intermezzo Mascagni Mascagni 50633 1916 3:20 Cav Rusticana Intermezzo, Mascagni A

Cavalleria Rusticana Prelude and Siciliana

Mascagni Brockway 55607 1914 8:49 Cav Rusticana Prelude-Siciliana, B'way A

Cavalleria Rusticana Selections: Siciliana; Intermezzo; Alfio's Song; Easter Hymn: Brindisi; Duet, Turiddu and Santuzza

Mascagni Armbruster 67359 03 1924 9:13 Cav Rusticana sels, Armbrstr DA

Celeste Aida Verdi Brockway 56774 Early 3:40 Celeste Aida, Brockway AA

Don Juan Fantasia from Mozart's "Don Giovanni"

Mozart-Liszt Sauer 876 25 11 1905

12:18 Don Juan Fantasie (Mzrt-Lizst) Sauer RW

Dream Music from "Hansel and Gretel"

Humperdinck Armbruster 6587 12 1922 5:13 Dream Music (Humperdinck) Armbrstr DA

Elsa’s Dream “Lohengrin” Wagner Brockway 3724 ? 3:32 Elsas Dream (Wagner), B'way A

Entrance of Butterfly "Madame Butterfly"

Puccini Brockway 56542 ? 2:16 Entrance Butterfly (Puccini) B'way A

Eugene Onegin Paraphrase Tchaikovsky arr Pabst

Reyes 60873 06 1922 6:16 Eugene Onegin P'phrase, Reyes A

Evening Star "Tannhauser" Wagner-Liszt Suskind 2083 08 1927 6:58 Evening Star (Wagner), Suskind AA

Faust Selections from Act 2, 3 and 4. Kermesse Scene, Calf of Gold (act 2); Waltzes (act 3); Prison Scene Finale (act 4)

Gounod Rapee 6563 10 1922 5:20 Faust sels, act 2,3,5, Rapee DA

Faust Selections from Act 3: Flower Song, Cavatina, The King of Thule, The Jewel Song, Duet (Magarita and Faust)

Gounod Armbruster 71259 05 1927 12:04 Faust sels, act 3, Armbrstr DA

Faust Selections from Act 4 and 5 Soldiers' Chorus, Mephistophele's Serenade, Prison Scene Trio

Gounod Armbruster 71329 06 1927 6:30 Faust sels, act 4,5, Armbrstr DA

Faust Waltz Transcription Gounod-Liszt Ripper 483 16 09 1905

8:01 Faust Waltz (Gounod-Liszt) Ripper RW

Flower Song "Faust" Gounod Brockway 51862 1912 1:56 Flower Song Faust (Gounod) B'way A

Flying Dutchman Overture Wagner Pelletier-Loesser 60783 06 1922 5:52 Flying Dutchman OT (Wagner) duo A


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Issue/ rec

date

time midi file name

Force of Destiny. Improvisation on selected melodies

Verdi Armbruster 69238 10 1925 10:35 Force of Destiny (Verdi) Armbrstr DA

Hansel & Gretel (Dream Scene Evening Prayers And Angel's Dance)

Humperdinck Humperdinck 646 19 10 1905

6:39 Hansel & Gretel, Humperdinck RW

I Dreamt I Dwelt in Marble Halls "Bohemian Girl"

Balfe Armbruster 103115 09 1926 2:43 I Dreamt-Marble Halls (Balfe) Armbrstr DA

Il Guarany Fantasie (La Scala, 3/19/1870)

Gomez Haeuser (Haass) 4028 06 1926 6:58 Il Guarany Fantasie (Gomez) Haass RW

In This Solemn Hour "Force of Destiny"

Verdi Brockway 51054 1916 4:01 In This Solemn Hour (Verdi) B'way A

La Boheme Selections Puccini Epstein 2255 08 08 1910

7:45 La Boheme Sels (Puccini) Epstein RW

La Favorita, Grand Morceau de Concert on themes

Donizetti-Ascher

Pitot 72479 07 1928 5:54 La Favorita (Donizetti), Pitot DA

La Juive (The Jewess) Opera Halevy Berend 3376 1919-20 11:38 La Juive (Halevy), Berend RW

La Sonnambula Fantasie Bellini-Thalberg

Essipoff 1084 1907 by 13:13 La Sonnambula (Bellini-Thalberg) Essipoff GW

La Traviata Selections Ah! fors' e lui; Sempre libre; Di provenza; Brindisi; Pura siccome un Angelo

Verdi Armbruster 68619 04 1925 10:15 La Traviata sels, Armbrstr DA

Leonore Overture to "Fidelio" No.3 Beethoven Lamond 7423 12 1930 10:54 Leonore Overture (Bthvn) Lamond DA

Les Huguenots Potpourri: Benediction On the Swords; Page's Song; Duet from Act 4; Piff Paff Song.

Meyerbeer Pitot 73369 07 1929 9:32 Les Huguenots (Meyerbeer) Pitot DA

Liebestod “Tristan and Isolde” Wagner-Liszt Moiseiwitsch 70593 04 1930 6:43 Liebestod (Wagner-Liszt) Mwitsch AB

Lohengrin Excerpts from Act 1 (part 1). Prelude; Elsa's Dream

Wagner Leopold 71790 11 1927 7:59 Lohengrin, Act 1-1, Leopold DA

Lohengrin Excerpts from Act 1 (part 2). Elsa's Promise to Lohengrin, The King's Prayer, Quintette, Elsa's Song of Joy, Finale, Chorus concluding Act 1.


Lohengrin Excerpts from Act 3 Introduction, Bridal Chorus, Love Song, Lohengrin's Narrative, Song of the Swan, Farewell to Elsa, Lohengrin's Departure.

Wagner Leopold 72980 01 1929 8:48 Lohengrin, Act 3, Leopold DA

Lucia Di Lammermoor Fantasie Dramatique

Donizetti-Liszt

Rybner 59303 1921 7:14 Lucia P'phrase (Donizetti-Liszt) Rybner AA

Lucia di Lammermoor Sextette Donizetti Brockway 55633 early 3:10 Lucia Sextette (Donizetti) B'way AA

Madame Butterfly Selections Prelude; Entrance Of Butterfly; Love Duet, Finale, act 1; Flower Duet;One Fine Day; Waiting Music; Finale.

Puccini Armbruster 67129 01 1924 8:17 Madame Butterfly sels, Armbrstr DA

Magic Fire Scene. “The Valkyrie” Wagner Rybner 59963 1921 4:38 Magic Fire Scene (Wagner) Rybner AA

Magic Flute Overture Mozart Kohlberg 1802 17 05

1909 UK 6:11 Magic Flute OT (Mozart) Kohlberg RW

Martha Selections Flotow Armbruster 6642 06 1923 8:04 Martha sels (Flotow) Armbrstr DA

Mastersinger Prelude Wagner-Hutcheson

Backhaus 7301 03 1929 9:40 Mastersinger Prelude, Backhaus DA

Mastersinger Prize Song Wagner-Jaell Ganz 6674 10 1923 5:29 Mastersinger Prize Song, Ganz DA

Meditation from Thais Massenet MacFadyen 61043 09 1922 4:19 Meditation-Thais (Massenet) MacFadyen A

Miserere, Paraphrase, from Il Trovatore

Verdi-Gottschalk

Serli C-7151 09 1925 6:18 Miserere (Verdi), Serli LW


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date

time midi file name

Musetta's Waltz Song "La Boheme"

Puccini Fairchild 2111 09 1927 2:49 Musetta's Waltz Song, Fairchild AB

My Heart at Thy Sweet Voice "Samson and Delilah"

Saint-Saens Fairchild 1493 01 1925 9:21 My Heart, Dear Voice, Fairchild A

Norma Fantasy Brillante Op.65 "Norma"

Bellini-Leybach

Volavy as Gerdts 55927 ? 8:39 Norma Fantasy (Bellini-Leybach) Volavy A

Oberon Fantasie Weber arr Smith

Schmidt 1236 20 02 1906

7:17 Oberon Fantasie (Weber) Schmidt RW

One Fine Day "Madame Butterfly" Puccini Suskind as Lefevre

2221 01 1928 3:39 One Fine Day (Puccini) Suskind A

Pagliacci Selections. Prologue; "Un tal gioco"; Arioso (Lament); The Play: Harlequin Serenade; Finale.

Leoncavallo Armbruster 6768 06 1924 9:04 Pagliacci sels, Armbrstr DA

Pagliacci, Intermezzo (Bajazzo, or Clowns)

Leoncavallo Leoncavallo 1020 08 12 1905

3:10 Pagliacci Intermezzo (L'cvallo) Leoncavallo GW

Parsifal (Flower Maidens) Wagner Suskind-Buerger 65903 04 1926 5:14 Parsifal Flower Maidens, duo A

Parsifal (March of the Knights, End Act 1)

Wagner Brockway 52535 1915 5:34 Parsifal March of Knights, B'way A

Parsifal (Prelude) Wagner Brockway 54107 1915 9:12 Parsifal Prelude, B'way A

Parsifal Final Scene Wagner Hofmann, H D735 1929 6:27 Parsifal Final Scene, Hofmann, H. DA

Parsifal Good Friday Music Wagner Hofmann, H D735 1929 2:03 Parsifal Good Friday, Hofmann, H. DA

Pearl Fishers Fantasie Bizet Gayraud 2790 1913 by 11:05 Pearl Fishers Fantasie (Bizet) Gayraud) RW

Pilgrims Chorus "Tannhauser" Wagner Brockway 54915 1912 5:11 Pilgrims Chorus (Wagner) Brockway A

Rhinegold - 1: Scene of the Rhine Maidens; Interlude; Valhalla Scene; Descent into Nibelheim

Wagner Leopold 69380 12 1925 8:00 Rhinegold-1, Leopold DA

Rhinegold - 2 The Storm and Entrance of the Gods into Valhalla


Rigoletto Paraphrase Verdi-Liszt Busoni 445 11 11 1905

6:30 Rigoletto Paraphrase, Busoni RW

Rigoletto Potpourri Verdi Brockway 51477 1916 8:18 Rigoletto Potpourri (Verdi) B'way A

Robert le Diable Fantasy Meyerbeer-Liszt

Lhevinne 2441 1911 11:34 Robert Diable Fantasy (M'ybeer-Liszt), Lhevinne GW

Samson et Delilah Improvisation. Including "Dance of the Priestesses of Dagon" and “Spring Voices are Singing"

Saint-Saens Saint-Saens 5696 11 1915 5:01 Samson & Delilah, Saint-Saens DA

Siegfried Act 1: Siegfried and Mime; Wanderer; Forging of the Sword; Finale

Wagner Leopold 69420 12 1925 7:17 Siegfried Act 1, Leopold DA

Siegfried Act 2: Sounds of the Forest


Siegfried Act 3: Introduction; Siegfried Passing through the Fire; Brunhilde's Awakening; Finale


Siegfried's Funeral March from “Gotterdammerung”

Wagner-Rybner

Rybner 3021 1913 6:17 Siegfried's Funeral, Rybner RW

Siegmund’s Love Song “The Valkyrie”

Wagner Rybner 60153 1921 5:40 Siegmunds Love Song (Wagner) Rybner AA

Spinning Song “The Flying Dutchman”

Wagner Brailowsky 68783 04 1928 5:07 Spinning Song (Wagner) Brailowsky AB

Tales Of Hoffmann Selection Offenbach Francklyn 1613 23 03

1909 UK 8:56 Tales Of Hoffmann Sels, Francklyn RW

Tannhauser Act 3: Pilgrim's Chorus; Evening Star, Pilgrimage to Rome, Chorus of Redemption

Wagner Leopold 72890 12 1928 10:32 Tannhauser Act 3, Leopold DA


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time midi file name

Tannhauser March Act 2 Wagner Backhaus 7391 04 1930 10:42 Tannhauser March, Backhaus DA

Tannhauser Overture Wagner-Liszt Moiseiwitsch 70423 70433

01 1930 15:16 Tannhauser Overture, Mwitsch AB

Tiefland (Lowland) Ballade in F minor

d’Albert d'Albert 416 19 05 1905

2:52 Tiefland Ballade (d'Albert) d'Albert RW

Tiefland Selection d'Albert d'Albert 0344 br 04 1931

by 7:10 Tiefland Selection (d'Albert) d'Albert DA

Tosca Selections Puccini Paur 2560 1912 10:51 Tosca Sels (Puccini) Paur RW

Tristan and Isolde Act 1: Prelude; Kurvenal's Song; Isolde's Narration; Finale

Wagner Leopold 70840 12 1926 6:50 Tristan and Isolde Act 1, Leopold DA

Tristan and Isolde Act 2 (part 1): Prelude; First Scene

Wagner Leopold 70920 01 1927 7:38 Tristan and Isolde Act 2-1, Leopold DA

Tristan and Isolde Act 2 (part 2): Love Duet; Brangaene's Warning


Tristan and Isolde Act 3: Scene between Tristan and Kurvenal: Liebestod


Trovatore Potpourri Verdi Starke 1340 23 04 1907

8:52 Trovatore Potpourri (Verdi) Starke RW

Twilight of the Gods - 1 Prologue: Sunrise; Siegfried's Parting from Brunhilde

Wagner Leopold 69450 12 1925 8:04 Twilight of the Gods-1, Leopold DA

Twilight of the Gods - 2 Acts 1, 2, 3: Scene of the Gibichungs; Hagen's Meditation; Call to the Marriage; Trio of the Rhine Maidens


Twilight of the Gods - 3 Act 3: Brunhilde's Immolation; Finale


Valkyrie Excerpts from Act 1: Tempest; Opening Scene; Love Scene; Drawing Sword; Finale

Wagner Leopold 69400 12 1925 7:44 Valkyrie Act 1, Leopold DA

Valkyrie Excerpts from Act 2 & Act 3: Siegmund's Death Prophecy, Ride of the Valkyries, Brunhilde's Narration and Appeal, Magic Fire

Wagner Leopold 69410 12 1925 9:10 Valkyrie Act 2,3, Leopold DA

Valse on motives from Lucia di Lammermoor

Donizetti-Liszt

Busoni 442 11 11 1905

8:15 Valse motives Lucia (Donizetti-Liszt) Busoni GW

Variations Don Juan Op.2 on Mozart's "La ci darem la mano"

Chopin-Mozart

Goldsand 7440 12 1931 14:48 Variations Don Juan (Chopin) Goldsand DA

William Tell Overture - Part 1 Rossini Volavy-Brockway 60103 1921 5:04 William Tell Overture-1 (Rossini) duo A


Wotan’s Farewell “The Valkyrie” Wagner Rybner 59943 1921 5:40 Wotans Farewell (Wagner) Rybner AA

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Operatic selections – Composer order

Title Composer Composer details Pianist Roll No.

Issue /rec date

time midi file name

Bohemian Girl selections (Marble Halls etc) Balfe Balfe, Michael William (1808-1870) Rapee 6421 05 1921 8:33 Bohemian Girl sels (Balfe) Rapee DA

I Dreamt I Dwelt in Marble Halls "Bohemian Girl" Balfe Armbruster 103115 09 1926 2:43 I Dreamt-Marble Halls (Balfe) Armbrstr DA

Leonore Overture to "Fidelio" No.3 Beethoven Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827) Lamond 7423 12 1930 10:54 Leonore Overture (Bthvn) Lamond DA

Norma Fantasy Brillante Op.65 "Norma" Bellini-Leybach Bellini, Vincenzo (1801-1835) Volavy 55927 ? 8:39 Norma Fantasy (Bellini-Leybach) Volavy A

La Sonnambula Fantasie Bellini-Thalberg Essipoff 1084 1907 by 13:13 La Sonnambula (Bellini-Thalberg) Essipoff GW

Ballet des Sylves from “Damnation Of Faust” Berlioz-Liszt Berlioz, Hector (1803-1869) Landowska 965 1916 by 4:04 Ballet des Sylves (Berlioz) Landowska RW


Bizet Bizet, Georges (1838-1875) Rapee 6508 02 1922 8:06 Carmen sels, Rapee DA



Pearl Fishers Fantasie Bizet Gayraud 2790 1913 by 11:05 Pearl Fishers Fantasie (Bizet) Gayraud) RW

Carmen - Variations on Melodies Bizet-Horowitz Horowitz 7250 10 1928 3:23 Carmen Variations, Horowitz DA

Air From Louise (Depuis le jour) Charpentier Charpentier, Gustave (1860-1956) Brockway 59691 1912 4:17 Air from Louise (Charpentier) B'way A


Chopin-Mozart Chopin, Frédéric (1810-1849) Goldsand 7440 12 1931 14:48 Variations Don Juan (Chopin) Goldsand DA

Tiefland (Lowland) Ballade in F minor d’Albert d’Albert, Eugen (1864-1932) d'Albert 416 19 05 1905 2:52 Tiefland Ballade (d'Albert) d'Albert RW

Tiefland Selection d'Albert d'Albert 0344 br 04 1931 by 7:10 Tiefland Selection (d'Albert) d'Albert DA

Lucia di Lammermoor Sextette Donizetti Donizetti, Gaetano (1797-1848) Brockway 55633 early 3:10 Lucia Sextette (Donizetti) B'way AA

La Favorita, Grand Concert on themes Donizetti-Ascher Pitot 72479 07 1928 5:54 La Favorita (Donizetti), Pitot DA

Lucia Di Lammermoor Fantasie Dramatique Donizetti-Liszt Rybner 59303 1921 7:14 Lucia P'phrase (Donizetti-Liszt) Rybner AA

Valse on motives from Lucia di Lammermoor Donizetti-Liszt Busoni 442 11 11 1905 8:15 Valse motives Lucia (Donizetti-Liszt) Busoni GW

Martha Selections Flotow Flotow, Friedrich von (1812-1883) Armbruster 6642 06 1923 8:04 Martha sels (Flotow) Armbrstr DA

Andrea Chenier Potpourri Giordano Giordano, Umberto (1867-1948) Sebestyen 62553 11 1925 5:44 Andrea Chenier Sels, Sebestyen AA

Il Guarany Fantasie (La Scala, 3/19/1870) Gomez Gomez, Antonio Carlos (1839-1896) Haeuser (Haass) 4028 06 1926 6:58 Il Guarany Fantasie (Gomez) Haass RW


Gounod Gounod, Charles (1818-1893) Rapee 6563 10 1922 5:20 Faust sels, act 2,3,5, Rapee DA


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Faust Waltz Transcription Gounod-Liszt Ripper 483 16 09 1905 8:01 Faust Waltz (Gounod-Liszt) Ripper RW

La Juive (The Jewess) Opera Halevy Halevy, Jacques (1799-1862) Berend 3376 1919-20 11:38 La Juive (Halevy), Berend RW

Dream Music from "Hansel and Gretel" Humperdinck Humperdinck, Engelbert (1854-1921) Armbruster 6587 12 1922 5:13 Dream Music (Humperdinck) Armbrstr DA


Humperdinck Humperdinck 646 19 10 1905 6:39 Hansel & Gretel, Humperdinck RW


Leoncavallo Leoncavallo, Ruggero (1857-1919) Armbruster 6768 06 1924 9:04 Pagliacci sels, Armbrstr DA

Pagliacci, Intermezzo (Bajazzo, or Clowns) Leoncavallo Leoncavallo 1020 08 12 1905 3:10 Pagliacci Intermezzo (L'cvallo) Leoncavallo GW

Cavalleria Rusticana Intermezzo Mascagni Mascagni, Pietro (1863-1945) Mascagni 50633 1916 3:20 Cav Rusticana Intermezzo, Mascagni A

Cavalleria Rusticana Prelude and Siciliana Mascagni Brockway 55607 1914 8:49 Cav Rusticana Prelude-Siciliana, B'way A



Meditation from Thais Massenet Massenet, Jules (1842-1912) MacFadyen 61043 09 1922 4:19 Meditation-Thais (Massenet) MacFadyen A


Meyerbeer Meyerbeer, Giacomo (1791-1864) Pitot 73369 07 1929 9:32 Les Huguenots (Meyerbeer) Pitot DA

Robert le Diable Fantasy Meyerbeer-Liszt Lhevinne 2441 1911 11:34 Robert Diable Fantasy (M'ybeer-Liszt), Lhevinne GW

Magic Flute Overture Mozart Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)

Kohlberg 1802 17 05 1909

UK 6:11 Magic Flute OT (Mozart) Kohlberg RW

Don Juan Fantasia from Mozart's "Don Giovanni" Mozart-Liszt Sauer 876 25 11 1905 12:18 Don Juan Fantasie (Mzrt-Lizst) Sauer RW

Barcarolle "Tales of Hoffmann" Offenbach Offenbach, Jacques (1819-1880) Pelletier 60683 04 1922 3:44 Barcarolle (Offenbach), Pelletier A

Tales Of Hoffmann Selection Offenbach Francklyn 1613 23 03 1909 8:56 Tales Of Hoffmann Sels, Francklyn RW

Entrance of Butterfly "Madame Butterfly" Puccini Puccini, Giacomo (1858-1923) Brockway 56542 ? 2:16 Entrance Butterfly (Puccini) B'way A

La Boheme Selections Puccini Epstein 2255 08 08 1910 7:45 La Boheme Sels (Puccini) Epstein RW


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Musetta's Waltz Song "La Boheme" Puccini Fairchild 2111 09 1927 2:49 Musetta's Waltz Song, Fairchild AB

One Fine Day "Madame Butterfly" Puccini Suskind 2221 01 1928 3:39 One Fine Day (Puccini) Suskind A

Tosca Selections Puccini Paur 2560 1912 10:51 Tosca Sels (Puccini) Paur RW

William Tell Overture - Part 1 Rossini Rossini, Gioachino (1792-1868) Volavy-Brockway 60103 1921 5:04 William Tell Overture-1 (Rossini) duo A


My Heart at Thy Sweet Voice "Samson and Delilah"

Saint-Saens Saint-Saens, Charles Camille (1835-1921)

Fairchild 1493 01 1925 9:21 My Heart, Dear Voice, Fairchild A


Saint-Saens Saint-Saens 5696 11 1915 5:01 Samson & Delilah, Saint-Saens DA


Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich (1840-1893) Reyes 60873 06 1922 6:16 Eugene Onegin P'phrase, Reyes A

Ah! I Have Sighed Me To Rest fr "II Trovatore" Verdi Verdi, Giuseppe (1813-1901) Collini B-6227 09 1922 3:45 Ah Sighed Me To Rest (Verdi) Collini LW


Verdi Armbruster 66769 10 1923 7:45 Aida sels (Verdi) Armbrstr DA


Force of Destiny. Improvisation on melodies Verdi Armbruster 69238 10 1925 10:35 Force of Destiny (Verdi) Armbrstr DA

In This Solemn Hour "Force of Destiny" Verdi Brockway 51054 1916 4:01 In This Solemn Hour (Verdi) B'way A




Trovatore Potpourri Verdi Starke 1340 23 04 1907 8:52 Trovatore Potpourri (Verdi) Starke RW

Miserere, Paraphrase, from Il Trovatore Verdi-Gottschalk Serli C-7151 09 1925 6:18 Miserere (Verdi), Serli LW

Rigoletto Paraphrase Verdi-Liszt Busoni 445 11 11 1905 6:30 Rigoletto Paraphrase, Busoni RW

Elsa’s Dream “Lohengrin” Wagner Wagner, Richard (1813-1883) Brockway 3724 ? 3:32 Elsas Dream (Wagner), B'way A





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Parsifal (March of the Knights, End Act 1) Wagner Brockway 52535 1915 5:34 Parsifal March of Knights, B'way A


Parsifal Final Scene Wagner Hofmann, H D735 1929 6:27 Parsifal Final Scene, Hofmann, H. DA









Siegfried Act 2: Sounds of the Forest Wagner Leopold 69430 12 1925 6:41 Siegfried Act 2, Leopold DA



Siegmund’s Love Song “The Valkyrie” Wagner Rybner 60153 1921 5:40 Siegmunds Love Song (Wagner) Rybner AA

Spinning Song “The Flying Dutchman” Wagner Brailowsky 68783 04 1928 5:07 Spinning Song (Wagner) Brailowsky AB











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Valkyrie Excerpts from Act 2 & Act 3: Siegmund's Death Prophecy, Ride of the Valkyries, Brunhilde's Narration and Appeal, Magic Fire Scene



Mastersinger Prelude Wagner-Hutcheson

Backhaus 7301 03 1929 9:40 Mastersinger Prelude, Backhaus DA

Mastersinger Prize Song Wagner-Jaell Ganz 6674 10 1923 5:29 Mastersinger Prize Song, Ganz DA

Evening Star "Tannhauser" Wagner-Liszt Suskind 2083 08 1927 6:58 Evening Star (Wagner), Suskind AA

Liebestod “Tristan and Isolde” Wagner-Liszt Moiseiwitsch 70593 04 1930 6:43 Liebestod (Wagner-Liszt) Mwitsch AB



Siegfried's Funeral March from “Gotterdammerung”

Wagner-Rybner Rybner 3021 1913 6:17 Siegfried's Funeral, Rybner RW

Oberon Fantasie Weber arr Smith Weber, Carl Maria von (1786-1826) Schmidt 1236 20 02 1906 7:17 Oberon Fantasie (Weber) Schmidt RW

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Operatic selections – Pianist order

Title Composer Pianist Pianist details Roll No.

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time midi file name


Verdi Armbruster Robert Armbruster (1897-1994) 66769 10 1923 7:45 Aida sels (Verdi) Armbrstr DA





Dream Music from "Hansel and Gretel" Humperdinck Armbruster 6587 12 1922 5:13 Dream Music (Humperdinck) Armbrstr DA





Force of Destiny. Improvisation on selected melodies

Verdi Armbruster 69238 10 1925 10:35 Force of Destiny (Verdi) Armbrstr DA

I Dreamt I Dwelt in Marble Halls "Bohemian Girl" Balfe Armbruster 103115 09 1926 2:43 I Dreamt-Marble Halls (Balfe) Armbrstr DA





Martha Selections Flotow Armbruster 6642 06 1923 8:04 Martha sels (Flotow) Armbrstr DA


Leoncavallo Armbruster 6768 06 1924 9:04 Pagliacci sels, Armbrstr DA

Mastersinger Prelude Wagner-Hutcheson Backhaus Wilhelm Backhaus (1884-1969) 7301 03 1929 9:40 Mastersinger Prelude, Backhaus DA


La Juive (The Jewess) Opera Halevy Berend Dr Fritz Berend (1889-1955) 3376 1919-20 11:38 La Juive (Halevy), Berend RW

Spinning Song “The Flying Dutchman” Wagner Brailowsky Alexander Brailowsky (1896-1976) 68783 04 1928 5:07 Spinning Song (Wagner) Brailowsky AB

Air From Louise (Depuis le jour) Charpentier Brockway 59691 1912 4:17 Air from Louise (Charpentier) B'way A

Cavalleria Rusticana Prelude and Siciliana Mascagni Brockway 55607 1914 8:49 Cav Rusticana Prelude-Siciliana, B'way A


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Elsa’s Dream “Lohengrin” Wagner Brockway 3724 ? 3:32 Elsas Dream (Wagner), B'way A

Entrance of Butterfly "Madame Butterfly" Puccini Brockway 56542 ? 2:16 Entrance Butterfly (Puccini) B'way A


In This Solemn Hour "Force of Destiny" Verdi Brockway 51054 1916 4:01 In This Solemn Hour (Verdi) B'way A

Lucia di Lammermoor Sextette Donizetti Brockway 55633 early 3:10 Lucia Sextette (Donizetti) B'way AA

Parsifal (March of the Knights, End Act 1) Wagner Brockway 52535 1915 5:34 Parsifal March of Knights, B'way A




Rigoletto Paraphrase Verdi-Liszt Busoni Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924) 445 11 11 1905 6:30 Rigoletto Paraphrase, Busoni RW

Valse on motives from Lucia di Lammermoor Donizetti-Liszt Busoni 442 11 11 1905 8:15 Valse motives Lucia (Donizetti-Liszt) Busoni GW

Ah! I Have Sighed Me To Rest fr "II Trovatore" Verdi Collini Guiseppi Collini (probably Adam Carroll)

B-6227 09 1922 3:45 Ah Sighed Me To Rest (Verdi) Collini LW

Tiefland (Lowland) Ballade in F minor d’Albert d'Albert Eugen d'Albert (1864-1932) 416 19 05 1905 2:52 Tiefland Ballade (d'Albert) d'Albert RW

Tiefland Selection d'Albert d'Albert 0344 br 04 1931 by 7:10 Tiefland Selection (d'Albert) d'Albert DA

La Boheme Selections Puccini Epstein Richard Epstein (1869-1919) 2255 08 08 1910 7:45 La Boheme Sels (Puccini) Epstein RW

La Sonnambula Fantasie Bellini-Thalberg Essipoff Anna Essipoff (1851-1914) 1084 1907 by 13:13 La Sonnambula (Bellini-Thalberg) Essipoff GW

Musetta's Waltz Song "La Boheme" Puccini Fairchild Edgar Fairchild (1898-1975) 2111 09 1927 2:49 Musetta's Waltz Song, Fairchild AB

My Heart at Thy Sweet Voice "Samson and Delilah" Saint-Saens Fairchild 1493 01 1925 9:21 My Heart, Dear Voice, Fairchild A

Tales Of Hoffmann Selection Offenbach Francklyn Bernard Francklyn (Edward Brightwell 1876-?)

1613 23 03 1909

UK 8:56 Tales Of Hoffmann Sels, Francklyn RW

Mastersinger Prize Song Wagner-Jaell Ganz Rudolph Ganz (1877-1972) 6674 10 1923 5:29 Mastersinger Prize Song, Ganz DA

Pearl Fishers Fantasie Bizet Gayraud Possibly Paul Gayraud, or a pseudonymn

2790 1913 by 11:05 Pearl Fishers Fantasie (Bizet) Gayraud) RW


Chopin-Mozart Goldsand Robert Goldsand (1911-1991) 7440 12 1931 14:48 Variations Don Juan (Chopin) Goldsand DA

Il Guarany Fantasie (La Scala, 3/19/1870) Gomez Haeuser (Haass) Hans Haass (1897-1955) as Haeuser

4028 06 1926 6:58 Il Guarany Fantasie (Gomez) Haass RW

Parsifal Final Scene Wagner Hofmann, H Hans Hofmann (Bayreuth pianist) D735 1929 6:27 Parsifal Final Scene, Hofmann, H. DA


Carmen - Variations on Melodies Bizet-Horowitz Horowitz Vladimir Horowitz (1903-1989) 7250 10 1928 3:23 Carmen Variations, Horowitz DA


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time midi file name


Humperdinck Humperdinck Engelbert Humperdinck (1854-1921)

646 19 10 1905 6:39 Hansel & Gretel, Humperdinck RW

Magic Flute Overture Mozart Kohlberg Walter Kohlberg (pseudonym) 1802 17 05 1909

UK 6:11 Magic Flute OT (Mozart) Kohlberg RW

Leonore Overture to "Fidelio" No.3 Beethoven Lamond Frederic Lamond (1868-1948) 7423 12 1930 10:54 Leonore Overture (Bthvn) Lamond DA

Ballet des Sylves from “Damnation Of Faust” Berlioz-Liszt Landowska Wanda Landowska (1879-1959) 965 1916 by 4:04 Ballet des Sylves (Berlioz) Landowska RW

Pagliacci, Intermezzo (Bajazzo, or Clowns) Leoncavallo Leoncavallo Ruggero Leoncavallo (1857-1919) 1020 08 12 1905 3:10 Pagliacci Intermezzo (L'cvallo) Leoncavallo GW


Wagner Leopold Ralph Leopold (1884-1955) 71790 11 1927 7:59 Lohengrin, Act 1-1, Leopold DA


Wagner Leopold Leopold travelled widely presenting talks on Wagner's Ring of the Nibelung

71940 12 1927 7:34 Lohengrin, Act 1-2, Leopold DA









Siegfried Act 2: Sounds of the Forest Wagner Leopold 69430 12 1925 6:41 Siegfried Act 2, Leopold DA
















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Valkyrie Excerpts from Act 2 & Act 3: Siegmund's Death Prophecy, Ride of the Valkyries, Brunhilde's Narration and Appeal, Magic Fire Scene


Robert le Diable Fantasy Meyerbeer-Liszt Lhevinne Josef Lhevinne (1874-1944) 2441 1911 11:34 Robert Diable Fantasy (M'ybeer-Liszt), Lhevinne GW

Meditation from Thais Massenet MacFadyen Alexander MacFadyen (1879-1936)

61043 09 1922 4:19 Meditation-Thais (Massenet) MacFadyen A

Cavalleria Rusticana Intermezzo Mascagni Mascagni Pietro Mascagni (1863-1945) 50633 1916 3:20 Cav Rusticana Intermezzo, Mascagni A

Liebestod “Tristan and Isolde” Wagner-Liszt Moiseiwitsch Benno Moiseiwitsch (1890-1963) 70593 04 1930 6:43 Liebestod (Wagner-Liszt) Mwitsch AB



Tosca Selections Puccini Paur Emil Paur (1855-1932) 2560 1912 10:51 Tosca Sels (Puccini) Paur RW

Barcarolle "Tales of Hoffmann" Offenbach Pelletier Wilfred Pelletier (1896-1982) 60683 04 1922 3:44 Barcarolle (Offenbach), Pelletier A


La Favorita, Grand Morceau de Concert on themes Donizetti-Ascher Pitot Genevieve Pitot (1901-1980) 72479 07 1928 5:54 La Favorita (Donizetti), Pitot DA


Meyerbeer Pitot 73369 07 1929 9:32 Les Huguenots (Meyerbeer) Pitot DA

Bohemian Girl selections (Marble Halls etc) Balfe Rapee Ernö Rapée (1891-1945) 6421 05 1921 8:33 Bohemian Girl sels (Balfe) Rapee DA


Bizet Rapee 6508 02 1922 8:06 Carmen sels, Rapee DA


Gounod Rapee 6563 10 1922 5:20 Faust sels, act 2,3,5, Rapee DA


Reyes Juan Reyes (1899-1941) 60873 06 1922 6:16 Eugene Onegin P'phrase, Reyes A

Faust Waltz Transcription Gounod-Liszt Ripper Alice Ripper (1889-?) 483 16 09 1905 8:01 Faust Waltz (Gounod-Liszt) Ripper RW


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time midi file name

Lucia Di Lammermoor Fantasie Dramatique Donizetti-Liszt Rybner Dr Cornelius Rybner (1855-1929) 59303 1921 7:14 Lucia P'phrase (Donizetti-Liszt) Rybner AA


Siegfried's Funeral March from “Gotterdammerung” Wagner-Rybner Rybner 3021 1913 6:17 Siegfried's Funeral, Rybner RW

Siegmund’s Love Song “The Valkyrie” Wagner Rybner 60153 1921 5:40 Siegmunds Love Song (Wagner) Rybner AA



Saint-Saens Saint-Saens Camille Saint-Saens (1835-1921) 5696 11 1915 5:01 Samson & Delilah, Saint-Saens DA

Don Juan Fantasia from Mozart's "Don Giovanni" Mozart-Liszt Sauer Emil von Sauer (1862-1942) 876 25 11 1905 12:18 Don Juan Fantasie (Mzrt-Lizst) Sauer RW

Oberon Fantasie Weber arr Smith Schmidt Carl Schmidt (pseudonym) 1236 20 02 1906 7:17 Oberon Fantasie (Weber) Schmidt RW

Andrea Chenier Potpourri Giordano Sebestyen George Sebestyen (only roll) 62553 11 1925 5:44 Andrea Chenier Sels, Sebestyen AA

Miserere, Paraphrase, from Il Trovatore Verdi-Gottschalk Serli Franz Serli C-7151 09 1925 6:18 Miserere (Verdi), Serli LW

Trovatore Potpourri Verdi Starke Gustave Starke (1862-1931) 1340 23 04 1907 8:52 Trovatore Potpourri (Verdi) Starke RW

Evening Star "Tannhauser" Wagner-Liszt Suskind Milton Suskind (1898-1975) changed name to Edgar Fairchild in 1917

2083 08 1927 6:58 Evening Star (Wagner), Suskind AA

One Fine Day "Madame Butterfly" Puccini Suskind as Lefevre Henri Lefevre (pseudonym) 2221 01 1928 3:39 One Fine Day (Puccini) Suskind A


Norma Fantasy Brillante Op.65 "Norma" Bellini-Leybach Volavy as Gerdts Felix Gerdts (Marguerite Volavy (1886-1951)

55927 ? 8:39 Norma Fantasy (Bellini-Leybach) Volavy A



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