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The techniques of the piano roll had improved just before Grainger made this version of 'Country Gardens’, allowing for a more nuanced reproduction. This piano roll was issued by the Duo-Art Company in May 1919 shortly after the music was published by Schott, London. These 'Aeolian’ Duo-Art rolls (Aeolian catalogue number 6149) were made in real time by a perforator punching holes as Grainger played the piano. Dynamics were added simultaneously by a producer using two rotary controls. Grainger was one of Aeolian’s most popular artists.

This is a pianola version of Percy Grainger’s ‘Country Gardens’ performed by the composer in New York in 1919.

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