Music for Pianos
Music for Pianos
This page is a tribute to Terry Smythe and his dedicated work on the conversion of Piano Paper Rolls into Midi File Format. In the early part of the 20th century many legendary masters from the golden age of piano playing recorded their compositions and repertoire utilising the piano roll. As paper piano rolls cannot be preserved indefinitely they will, in time, certainly self-destruct and die. It is vital therefore that this important period of musical history, before recordings were made on more permanent materials, is preserved for posterity.
Terry has made his own collection of approx. 3500 rolls available on his website together with technical details of the scanning process and included are excellent photographic illustrations of the equipment used for the process. http://members.shaw.ca/smythe/rebirth.htm
He is prepared to make his roll scanner available to owners of collections of piano rolls wishing to scan their collections.
Below are some examples of Terry's work which I have selected and edited. The original files and the remainder of the collection of approx. 3500 MIDI files can be downloaded from his REBIRTH web site.
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| A cottage for Sale (2'04) |
Willard Robison and Larry Conley | play sample |
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A Day in Venice |
Nevin |
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| Aba Daba Honeymoon (2'21) |
Arthur Fields and Walter Donavon | play sample |
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Ain't that a Great and Glorious Feeling (2'54) |
Ager/Yellen | play sample |
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| Alabamy Bound (4'46) |
Ray Henderson | play sample |
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| Alone (3'16) |
Brown and Freed |
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Always |
Irving Berlin |
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| Am I Blue (3'03) |
Akst,Clarke,Dubin and Warren | play sample |
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| American Patrol (4'51) |
F.W.Meachan |
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| Are You Lonesome Tonight (3'36) |
Turk/Handman |
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| Baby Face (3'07) |
Davis Akst | play sample |
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Bacharach Melody |
Bacharach/Liberace |
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| Bad Bad Leroy Brown (3'18) |
Jim Croce |
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| Bam Bam Bamy Shore (3'26) |
Dixon and Henderson | play sample |
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| Barcelona (3'39) |
Khan and Evans | play sample |
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Because |
Teschemacher,D'Harde, |
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| Beer Barrel Polka (2'46) |
Brown and Timm | play sample |
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Bill Bailey won't you please come home (2'17) |
Hughie Cannon | play sample |
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| Blue Moon (3'58) |
Rodgers and Hart | play sample |
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Blue Skies (3'50) |
Irving Berlin | play sample |
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