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The MIT Logarhythms from 1949 to the present have been providing entertainment to the MIT community for decades. Herein are various examples of their a cappella prowess.
Also included in this collection is rare footage of other MIT entertainment and events. The focus is on MIT creativity and the resultant limitless subject matter.
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Finger Breaker - Piano Music Roll
Added 1 month ago | 00:03:36 | 415 views
Piano arrangement on hand-punched paper. A dynamic music roll of Finger Breaker composed by Jelly Roll Morton, AS PLAYED BY Jelly Roll Morton. Also known as Finger Buster and often confused with Willie Lion Smith's Finger Buster. Note: M...
Chanukah Prophecy
Added 1 month ago | 00:01:43 | 602 views
Chanukah Newspaper prophecy for the lighting of the giant Chanukah menorah on the Framingham Green. Rabbi Lazaros of Framingham Chabad officiates. See http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCnyGLR2wDU and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7i5T7Px...
Player Piano Revealed - Calibration...
Added 1 month ago | 00:04:03 | 1360 views
Calibration, dynamics test, and demonstration of a 1920 player piano. Mechanism revealed: "bellows", pneumatic motor, tracker bar, paper tracking system. Roulette Rag and Hot Dog. Note: Music rolls or piano rolls were almost never played...
The Real Rhapsody - Gershwin Solo P...
Added 2 months ago | 00:06:09 | 1334 views
SOLO PIANO FOR RHAPSODY IN BLUE. Piano performance on punched paper from a two-piano demonstration, originally shown in Aolean Hall, NYC. A definitive, dynamic piano roll of Rhapsody in Blue composed by George Gershwin. Could this be t...
La Campanella - Too Many Notes?
Added 2 months ago | 00:04:14 | 928 views
Piano arrangement on hand-punched paper. A dynamic rendition of La Campanella by Paganini and Liszt, AS PLAYED BY Gottfried Galston. Note: Music rolls or piano rolls were almost never played or recorded by a pianist. Even when the arti...
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