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...they trek to the Science Center basement, or if they're lucky, to a roommate's machine. As homework gets neglected for passionate late-night electronic trysts, these '90s lovers whisper sweet nothings--by means of a keyboard...
...reproducing sounds that had been either hand-played by a pianist or simply punched by a roll editor, such as Frank Milne, whose spectacular four-hand arrangement of An American in Paris concludes the CD. Early rolls, played by a device called a Pianola, which fit over a conventional keyboard, were primitive affairs, capable of reproducing notes but little else; much depended on the Pianola's operator, who manipulated knobs and levers and pumped a foot bellows to make the contraption work. Later player pianos put the mechanism inside the instrument, and more sophisticated "reproducing rolls," manufactured...
Only last month the discovery in Germany of six keyboard sonatas attributed to Franz Joseph Haydn was hailed as one of the greatest musicological finds in decades by one of its authenticators. But last week a consensus among experts began to emerge: the works may simply be fakes, although well-composed ones...
Homage to William Byrd. A candlelightconcert of Renaissance keyboard music performed byJames Niccolson on the Flemish double virginal.Adolphus Busch Hall, 29 Krikland St., 8 p.m. $10for students...
...mellower songs like "Electric Relaxation" and "The Chase, Part II" make good use of cheesy keyboard samples to achieve a laid-back feel. More ominous sounding songs like "8 Million Stories" and "Midnight" use samples which sound like the music that would come on during the serious parts of the Fat Albert show. All of the songs keep you bobbing your head, at least for a while...