SEMIBEGUN 014: AUTOMATON DREAMS OF MUSIC MACHINES

 

Air Date: January 4, 2023

Before the era of acoustic recording… another flavor of mechanical sound reproduction reigned! Barrel organs, dance organs, street organs, player pianos (with and without mechanical violins), speelkloks, carillon, and androids––more than just the hourly chimes of poppy's cuckoo clock! Start the new year off right with an hour of lighthearted music performed by automata, (mostly) self-playing mechanical music machines, from the 18th to the mid-20th century.

TRACKS

  1. Polyphon Disc Changing Music Box (ca. 1900)
    “Washington Post March” – John Philip Sousa

  2. Aalster Gavioli (ca. 1900)
    “Sous Le Ciel De Paris” – Hubert Giraud

  3. Bacigalupo Barrel Organ (ca. 1891)
    “Kon Jij Maar Trouw Zijn” – Hans Otten

  4. Bruder Barrel Automata Organ (ca. 1830)

  5. Limonaire Street Organ (ca. 1910)
    “Badinerie Uit Suite 2” - J.S. Bach

  6. Decap 92-Key Dance Organ (ca. 1943)
    “Teddy Bears’ Picnic”

  7. The Arab Street Organ (ca. 1925)
    “Aan De Amsterdamse Grachten” – Pieter Goemans

  8. Andersson Pianoharp (Swedish Table) (ca. 1900)

  9. David Roentgen's Automaton of Queen Marie Antoinette, The Dulcimer Player (ca. 1784)

  10. Métert Cylinder Forte-Piano Music Box (ca. 1850)
    “Oh Du Lieber Augustin”

  11. Haydn-Niemecz Organ Clock (ca. 1793)
    “Allegretto, Menuet En Presto” – Joseph Haydn

  12. Bacigalupo Barrel Organ (ca. 1891)
    “Du Kannst Nicht Treu Sein” – Hans Otten

  13. Jaquet-Droz's Organ Playing Android “The Musician” (ca. 1768 - 1774)
    excerpt from “La Musicienne,” film by Olivier Roux and Jean Cadran, 1978

  14. Steinway Duo-Art Reproducing Piano (ca. 1924)
    “Prélude In G” – Rachmaninov, played by Prokofiev

  15. Hupfeld Phonoliszt Violina Orchestrion Model A (ca. 1914)
    “Pasadena” – Harry Warren

  16. Paillard Cylinder Music Box With Zither And Mandolin Effect (Ca. 1880)
    “Aria Uit Norma” – Vincenzo Bellini

  17. Polyphon Disc Changing Music Box Model 5 (ca. 1900) “The Last Rose of Summer”

  18. George Pyke Organ Clock (ca. 1750)
    “Sailor's Jigg”

  19. Hupfeld Phonoliszt Violina Orchestrion Model A (ca. 1914)
    “Und Zum Schluss” – Hugo Hirsch

  20. Grandiola Stems Pianola (ca. 1925)
    “Charleston” – J.P. Johnson

  21. Joe Rinaudo's American Fotoplayer (ca. 1926)
    “Entrance of the Gladiators” – Julius Fučík

  22. Decap 92-Key Dance Organ (ca. 1943)
    “One-Step”

  23. Decap 92-Key Dance Organ (ca. 1943)
    “12th Street Rag” – Euday L. Bowman

  24. Dubbele Ruth Model 39 Fairground Organ (ca. 1922)
    “Zweugespräch Für Flöte Und Violine” – J. Hamm

  25. Decap 92-Key Dance Organ (ca. 1943)
    “Fox-Swing Bartier”

  26. Van Roy Café Cylinder Piano (ca. 1930)
    “La Java Des Rouges”

  27. De Schuyt, Carl Frei Fairground Organ (ca. 1930) “Always Look on the Bright Side of Life” – Eric Idle

  28. Decap 92-Key Dance Organ (ca. 1943)
    “The Stripper”

  29. Bacigalupo Barrel Organ (ca. 1891)
    “You Can't Be True, Dear” – Hans Otten