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Originally Posted by skaltezon
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Music written for a mechanical piano. 
Toccata für das mechanische Klavier - Paul Hindemith |
I hadn't thought about how some composers like Paul Hindemith and Igor Stravinsky must have relished the new horizons that a player piano opened up for their compositions, but this video makes obvious how the player piano let them create songs no single human could ever play!
Here's an interesting article describing Igor Stravinsky's enthrallment with the player piano:
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From The Independent, 1925:
"There is a new polyphonic truth in the player-piano. There are new possibilities. It is something more. It is not the same thing as a piano. The player-piano resembles the piano, but it also resembles the orchestra. It shares the soul of the automobile." - Igor Stravinsky
From: http://www.oldmagazinearticles.com/p...ticle_1925.pdf
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I still prefer the human touch, though.
I listened to some more player piano pieces, thinking I'd post one, but then I recalled my favorite restful piano piece and decided to post that instead. Hearing it always reminds me of childhood and the many happy summer hours I spent leisurely exploring the woods and enjoying nature:
"On Golden Pond" theme - composed by Dave Grusin, played by pianist George Davidson