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Pianist and harmoniumist ARTIS WODEHOUSE has devoted her careeer to preserving and disseminating neglected but valuable music and instruments from the past, with an emphasis on American music. Cited by the NYTimes as “savior of the old and neglected”, she received a National Endowment grant that propelled her into production of CDs and published transcriptions of recorded performances and piano rolls made by George Gershwin, Jelly Roll Morton and Zez Confrey. Her best-seller, “Gershwin Plays Gershwin”, on the Nonesuch label has sold over 500,000 copies. Beginning in 2000, Wodehouse began performing on a representative group of antique reed organs and harmoniums, toy pianos and an 1823 English square piano and an 1860 Steinway square piano that she had painstakingly restored and brought to concert condition. She founded the chamber group MELODEON in 2010 to present little known but valuable music from 19th and early 20th Century America, using her antique instrument collection as the basis for repertoire choice. Wodehouse has a BM from the Manhattan School of Music, an MM from Yale, and a DMA from Stanford.
Posted on December 13, 2012 by admin

Griffes Chinese and Japanese Songs

Published on Dec 7, 2012 Baritone George Spitzer performs two songs live in concert from American composer Charles Tomlinson Griffes’ (1884-1920) song cycle, Five Poems of Ancient China and Japan, Op. 10: Tears – Wang Seng-Ju (6th Century) and A … Read the rest of this entry →

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Charles Ives humor at age 17: London Bridge on Liszt organ

Published on Nov 19, 2012 Artis Wodehouse performs Charles Ives’ (1874-1954) Burlesque on London Bridge live on the Melodeon concert 11/11/12 at Church of the Epiphany, NYC. This humorous piece, a bitonal, rhythmically-displaced and vaudevillian version of the popular song, … Read the rest of this entry →

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Serenade Bizet Harmonium Artis Wodehouse

Published on Oct 20, 2012 Live performance by Artis Wodehouse 10/11/12 of George Bizet’s 1858 Serenade for Harmonium. The concert was held at St. Peter’s Church, 54th and Lex in NYC and sponsored by Gotham Early Music Scene. The Mustel … Read the rest of this entry →

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Preludio Religioso harmonium Rossini Wodehouse

Published on Oct 20, 2012 Live performance by Artis Wodehouse 10/11/12 of the Preludio Religioso (Offertory) of Rossini’s 1864 Petite Messe Solennelle on her 1902 Mustel Art Harmonium. The concert was held at St. Peter’s Church, 54th and Lex in … Read the rest of this entry →

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Artis Wodehouse instrument collection NYC

Published on Sep 19, 2012 Recorded on September 19, 2012 using a Flip Video camera. Instruments are: Magnus Chord Organ ca. 1960s; Yamaha P250 keyboard ca 2003; 1976 Steinway B; 1889 Mason & Hamlin Liszt foot-pump reed organ: 1918 Mason … Read the rest of this entry →

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Artis Wodehouse/Arndt Operatic Nightmare antique Steinway

Published on Aug 13, 2012 Pianist Artis Wodehouse plays Felix Arndt’s 1916 composition, Operatic Nightmare, aka Desecration No. 2, a Ragtime Classic on 8/3/12 at AC Pianocraft, Queens, NY. The piano is a fully restored 7’2″ 85-note 1881 Steinway Model … Read the rest of this entry →

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Artis Wodehouse Scottish tunes antique foot pump Melodeon

Published on Aug 2, 2012 Artis Wodehouse performs Charles d’Albert’s (1809-1886) 1867 composition, Edinburgh Quadrille on her 1864 Treat & Davis foot pump melodeon reed organ, built during the American Civil War in 1864. This instrument has only a single … Read the rest of this entry →

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Marti Newland Spiritual trans. Charles Ives

Published on Aug 2, 2012 Soprano Marti Newland sings In the Mornin’, an African American spiritual that Charles Ives transcribed and harmonized. Ives’ accompaniment was originally for piano, but Artis Wodehouse performs it here on an 1889 Mason & Hamlin … Read the rest of this entry →

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George Spitzer Charles Ives Songs Our Fathers Loved, Memories

Published on Aug 2, 2012 Baritone George Spitzer performs two songs by Charles Ives (1874-1954), The Songs Our Fathers Loved and Memories Part I and II in a live performance video taken from a concert sponsored by the Richmond Public … Read the rest of this entry →

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Comedy Ragtime era Song spoofs opera singing

Published on Aug 1, 2012 Marti Newland, soprano, George Spitzer, bartione and Artis Wodehouse, pianist, three members of the Melodeon Chamber group in a live performance of the 1916 comedy song, “When Priscilla Tries to Reach High C” by Mahoney … Read the rest of this entry →

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