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HANS BARTH (JUNE 25, 1897 – LEIPZIG, GERMANY – DECEMBER 8, 1956 – JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, USA)

 

 

 

 

The German-born American pianist pedagogue, and composer, Hans Barth, studied, when still a child, on scholarship at the Leipzig Conservatory with Carl Reinecke. In 1907 he was taken to the USA and in 1908 he made his New York recital debut. In 1912 he became a naturalized American citizen. Hans Barth’s meeting with Ferruccio Busoni inspired him to experiment with new scales; with George Weitz, he perfected a portable quarter tone piano (1928). He toured the USA and Europe playing piano, quarter tone piano, and harpsichord. He served as director of the Institute of Musical An in Yonkers and of the National School for Musical Culture in New York. He also taught at the Mannes School in New York and, from 1948, at the Jacksonville College of Music in Florida.

 

 

TRACKLIST

 

 

1. Le Coucou (The Cuckoo) (Daquin) Victor 20345B20345-B

2. Marche Militaire (Schubert-Tausig) with Bonnie Howell Edison52349-L 18511

3. Moment Musical (Schubert-Barth) with Margery Todd Edison 52349-R 18510

4. Narcissus Op. 13 No. 4 (Ethelbert Nevin) Victor 20121B 20121-B

5. Rustle of Spring Op. 32 No. 3 (Christian Sinding) Victor 20121 A 20121-A

6. Scarf Dance (C. Chaminade) Victor 20346 November 13, 1926

7. The Flatterer (C. Chaminade) Victor 20346 November 13, 1926

8. Fantasia in D Minor (Mozart) Victor 20345A 20345-A

9. Hungarian Rhapsody No. 10 (Liszt) Ampico 60663

10. Serenata Op. 15 No. 1 (Moszkowski) Ampico 59311-E

11. Narcissus (Nevin) Souvenir (Drdla) Romance (Sibelius) Guitarre (Moszkowski) Carreño Waltz (Kronke) Ampico 10038

12. Carreño Waltz – Wiener Weisen (Viennese Melody) (Kronke) Ampico 69363

13. Virtuoso Studies, Op. 46, No. 12, ePolonaise (McDowell) Ampico 62943

14. The Flatterer (C. Chaminade) Victor 19564 B-30958 1924

15. Scarf Dance (C. Chaminade) Victor 19564 B-30959 1924