Category Archives: AW Solo

Published on Feb 20, 2013 Artis Wodehouse performs the virtuosic Leopold Godowsky-inspired piano solo transcription arrangement by Herman Wasserman of Duke Ellington’s Sophisticated Lady. Wasserman, who arrived from Europe to the US in 1915 was a pianist, arranger, teacher and … Read the rest of this entry →

Published on Feb 4, 2013 Artis Wodehouse performs her arrangement of the Overture to Scott Joplin’s 1911 opera, Treemonisha. The scrolling score seen here is Joplin’s original notation. While written on two staves and performable on the piano, Joplin intended … Read the rest of this entry →

Published on Dec 11, 2012 Artis Wodehouse performs live in concert two short pieces by Charles Tournemire (1870-1939), Romance sans Paroles and Toccatina Op. 21 (published 1901) on 10/11/12 at St. Peter’s Church, 54th and Madison, NYC. The concert was … Read the rest of this entry →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

Published on Jun 20, 2012 Artis Wodehouse performs Anthony Philip Heinrich’s 1823 Toccatina capriciosa from his Op. 3 works entitled The Sylviad, or Minstrelsy of Nature in the Wilds of North America. Heinrich (1781 — 1861) was the first “full-time” … Read the rest of this entry →