Unlike Padrewski, Artur Rubinstein, and Vladimir Horowitz, Fannie Bloomfield Zeisler's name is not one that immediately springs to mind when the subject of the great pianists of the early twentieth century is broached. Her name is most likely to be known to those who collect piano rolls, are well-versed in the histories of recital pianists, or have heard her piano roll performances reproduced from LP records older than this reviewer. In her own day, however, Zeisler would have been one of the first pianists music fans would ...
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Unlike Padrewski, Artur Rubinstein, and Vladimir Horowitz, Fannie Bloomfield Zeisler's name is not one that immediately springs to mind when the subject of the great pianists of the early twentieth century is broached. Her name is most likely to be known to those who collect piano rolls, are well-versed in the histories of recital pianists, or have heard her piano roll performances reproduced from LP records older than this reviewer. In her own day, however, Zeisler would have been one of the first pianists music fans would have thought of. Among her contemporaries were Ferruccio Busoni, Sergey Rachmaninov, and Moriz Rosenthal, all still in their prime and touring widely. This generation of pianists regarded Zeisler as an equal in terms of pianism, and after you experience Pierian Recording Society's two-disc survey Fannie Bloomfield Zeisler, Pianist, perhaps so shall you.Zeisler only made piano rolls, never pursuing the alternate method of making phonograph recordings. Zeisler's rolls were made for...
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