Word: piano
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Milan a potent firm of Italian piano manufacturers received last week a note on impressively crested paper: Dear Companions in Sonorous Construction : Upon the arrival of the piano which I ordered from you recently its strings began suddenly to vibrate, drowning the sound of nearby church bells. Not without trembling I perceived that the shadow of Franz Liszt, who was once a guest here, had entered the instrument and was producing with long immaterial fingers a beautiful rhythmic tempest. "This is a place of mysteries and prodigies. Rejoice with me!" (Signed) Gabriele d' Annunzio Gardone, Lago di Garda...
...lawn, the dreadnaught Puglia, placed there high and dry by the grateful Italian Government, affords him a milieu in which to pace the quarter deck of his extravagant soul. The home of d' Annunzio is a nestling spot for the prodigious and the absurd. That no spiritually played piano has previously been reported there is to be wondered...
March MilitaireSaint-Saens Overture to "Light Cavalry" Suppe Serenade, "Trastullo" Langendoen Fantasia, "Madam Butterfly" Puccini Suite, "Peer Gynt" Grieg Morning Mood--In the Troll King's Grotto Ave Maria from "Othello" Verdi Rhapsody in Blue Gershwin (Piano Solo: Jesus Sanroma) Ballet from "The Cid" Massenet Castillane Andalouse Aragonaise Aubade Printaniere Lacombe American Fantasy Herbert
...Suggested to the composer by the act of one Isidoro Alvarez, owner of a dance hall near Toledo, Spain, who poured gasoline over the piano owned by a rival dance-hall keeper, set it afire, caused the whole building to burn to the ground, was arrested, jailed...
...Where do they sing: "Oh, please don't set the piano on fire...