Valse No. 1 is an unidentified saloon piano recording from 1888. It was recorded on a wax cylinder record called Phonogram, alongside the other songs.
Search History[]
On March 23th, 2009, YouTuber otterhouse posted the records credited to:
- Unknown performers
- Miss Eyre
Apart from the date of recording and a short description of the entries, the OP provided no further information other than George Gouraud was involved in making the recording (of the copy).[1] Likely, he didn't know who actually played them.
On February 21th, 2025, SpikeyTheCactus reuploaded the Unknown performers on YouTube, giving it the new name, "Valse No. 1". The new placeholder title was brought out as user Ларин Андрей provided a link to a cover video played by YouTuber Obscura Piano Musica.[2]
Theories and Leads[]
Presumably in 2018, user Никита Морозов assumed the piano player might be Moritz Moszkowski. Another user thought it could be Clara Schumann.[3]
Also in the comments, user Max Meth made a list for all songs below that can be heard in the video, claiming there is a total of 4 songs featured:[1]
- 0.00 piano (fast tempo) - don't know title
- 1.00 piano Wedding March (has small piano playing errors) composer Felix Mendelsshn (published 1842)
- 1.56 piano and flute - A H Rosewig - Boulanger's March - published 1887
- 2.31 piano and banjo - classical piece by composer Sigismund Thalberg - opus 45 Theme Et Etude - published c1841
Max Meth also stated their assumption about Miss Eyre and her own role:
"I presume the piano player in each case is the unknown Miss Eyre
There is a photo of a man - It is Henri Gouraud who became a colonel (coronel) in 1907. And general in 1911.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Gouraud_(general)#Early_life
So I doubt he had much to do with the 1888 recording (when he was just 21)
At 2.31 on the video is the mention of Miss Eyre. It would be good to find out the role of Miss Eyre and of Henri Gourard and the unknown flute and banjo player of tunes 3 & 4"
Gallery[]
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External Links[]
- Original YouTube upload.
- SpikeyTheCactus' YouTube upload.
- Piano cover of the song played by Obscura Piano Musica.
