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MP3 Fredrick Hoffer - CD #29 Piano Music From The Summer of ´01, Part One-Piano Suite #12

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  • 0101 Largo 4m 42s
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  • 0102 Andante 2m 14s
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  • 0103 Moderato 3m 47s
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  • 0104 Largo 7m 06s
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  • 0105 Allegro 2m 36s
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  • 0113 Largo 3m 46s
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  • 0108 Largo 2m 28s
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  • 0112 Presto 1m 54s
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  • 0109 Allegro 2m 26s
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  • 0110 Allegro 2m 24s
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  • 0111 Largo 4m 40s
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  • 0106 Adagio 4m 11s
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  • 0116 Largo 4m 14s
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  • 0117 Largo 3m 54s
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  • 0118 Largo 2m 58s
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  • 0115 Moderato 4m 06s
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Contemporary Classical Piano

16 MP3 Songs
JAZZ: Free Jazz, CLASSICAL: Contemporary



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For the past 50 years, since 1954, I have been the weekend watchman at the Art Students League of New York. Until this year, the League was always closed Saturdays and Sundays during the Summers which gave me a good chance to do my music with few distractions, outside of my regular work.

For the Summer of 2001 I bought a better keyboard to use at The League, because my friend Paul Sorel, who works in the League library, had agreed to come in and play music for me on Sundays. Paul was trained for many years as a concert pianist, although he never pursued it. The experience of hearing him play and seeing how his fingers controlled the keyboard was extremely valuable for me.

Every Sunday at precisely Three in the afternoon. Paul would show up at the gate, and I would let him in. Even then he had trouble walking, because of his age and his angina, but his playing was as vigorous as ever. First he would play some things for me, then he would listen to what I had done since he was with me last.

Over the course of the Summer, I learned a lot from him, and Paul even began to see what I was trying to do, though it was strange to him as a trained musician He said that I played the piano like an organist, because of the low notes. He even said that in an earlier life I might have actually been an organist, perhaps in the Middle Ages. One afternoon he drew me a picture of the place he imagined I might have lived in at that time.

These four CD's are a record of that Summer, including nearly every piece I did. I don't believe I had to discard much, if anything, and I owe it all to the inspiration and encouragement I got from Paul Sorel. The last time I saw Paul he was still getting around, but he was in pretty bad shape. I recently heard that he had a massive heart attack, something he has been fighting off for many years.

I would respectfully like to dedicate this music to Paul Sorel. I have received the news that Paul died on July 16th, 2005. He was 85. We have reserved a place for him to sit at the League, with his picture and a rose to mark it.


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