Halley's comet : around the piano with Mark Twain and John Davis.

Author

John Davis

Call Number

• COMPACT DISC CLASSICAL (CEN)

Performers

John Davis, piano and narration.

Publication Information

Newport, RI : Newport Classic, [2010]

Physical Description

1 audio disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in.

Notes

"This recording honors not just the centennial of Twain's death, but the 175th anniversary of ... his birth and the 125th anniversary of the publication of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn"--Insert.

The 14th, 16th, and 18th tracks were previously released in 1999 on Newport Classic NPD 85660.

Compact disc.

Program notes ([14] p. : ports.) in container.

Contents

• 1. Mark Twain quotation : [from] Mark Twain, a biography (1912) / by Albert Bigelow Paine (:23)
• 2. Mark Twain mazurka (1880) / by Felix Kraemer (3:27)
• 3. Mark Twain quotation : [from] San Francisco dramatic chronicle, June 23, 1865 (1:18)
• 4. The banjo : grotesque fantasie (1855) / by Louis Moreau Gottschalk (4:33)
• 5. Clara Clemens Gabrilowitsch quotation (1931) : [from] My father, Mark Twain (1:17)
• 6. Petite sérénade, op. 1, no. 1 (1897) / by Ossip Gabrilowitsch (2:60)
• 7. Mark Twain quotation : letter to Tom Hood, March 10, 1873 (1:08)
• 8. Nearer my God to thee (1912) / arr. by Blind Boone
• 9. Mark Twain quotation : A tramp abroad, chapter XXIV, "Protect the Empress of Germany" (1:03)
• 10-12. Piano sonata in C minor, op. 13 : ("Pathétique") (1799) / by Ludwig van Beethoven (ca. 15:00)
• 13. Henry Holt quotation : Garrulities of an octogenarian editor (1923) (:36)
• 14. The rain storm (1865) / by Blind Tom (4:31)
• 15. Mark Twain quotation. Part 1 : (Alta California, August 1, 1869) (3:20)
• 16. Cyclone galop (1887) / by Blind Tom (6:12)
• 17. Mark Twain quotation. Part 2 (5:22)
• 18. Battle of Manassas (1866) / Blind Tom, [together in the same indexed track no. 18 with] Mark Twain quotation. Part 3 (8:14)
• 19. Impromptu in A flat major, op. 142, no. 2 (1827) / by Franz Schubert (7:10).