Frank Glazer is an American treasure, but even in the digital era we do not have ready access to his many recordings, hundreds of them, made over a period of 60-odd years. Nevertheless, any American who experienced classical music at all on recordings before, say, 1980, has been exposed to Glazer's artistry in one form or another. It's hard to speak of a "comeback" for a 91-year-old artist -- the term just doesn't sound respectful for a gentleman of such vintage -- but in Glazer's case there is a mission at stake. Bridge ...
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Frank Glazer is an American treasure, but even in the digital era we do not have ready access to his many recordings, hundreds of them, made over a period of 60-odd years. Nevertheless, any American who experienced classical music at all on recordings before, say, 1980, has been exposed to Glazer's artistry in one form or another. It's hard to speak of a "comeback" for a 91-year-old artist -- the term just doesn't sound respectful for a gentleman of such vintage -- but in Glazer's case there is a mission at stake. Bridge Records' Music of a Bygone Era transmits an authoritative rendering of an entire genre that has disappeared, the popular piano novelties that once drove a thriving sheet music market and was the lifeblood of countless small-town piano recitals and the standard fare at silent movie houses. It used to be joked that such pieces only existed in the piano benches of little old ladies who draped their instruments in large lace doilies, but by the now even the little old ladies are long dead...
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Add this copy of Music of a Bygone Era to cart. $30.06, new condition, Sold by newtownvideo rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from huntingdon valley, PA, UNITED STATES, published 2006 by Bridge Records, Inc.
