Paper music roll No. 1390. Vincent Scotto, The Little Tonkinese Girl (La petite Tonkinoise)
Paper music roll No. 1390. Vincent Scotto, The Little Tonkinese Girl (La petite Tonkinoise)
Germany, Freiburg
1906–1920s
Composer: Vincent Scotto, arranger: Henri Christiné, M. Welte & Sohne G.m.b.H.
Paper, wood, metal; perforation, printing
Roll width: 32.9 cm
The roll features program perforation — coded record of control commands sequence transmitted to musical instrument to reproduce melody in rhythm of two-step (Two Step) The Little Tonkinese Girl (La Petite Tonkinoise), popular song by French composer Vincent Scotto (21.04.1874–15.11.1952), with lyrics by Henri Christiné (27.12.1867–25.11.1941), which became hit in 1906. Melody on music roll is coded in arrangement by Henri Christiné.
Musical instruments:
- Playing grand piano "Steinway Welte-Mignon", 305.1-3/ММП
- Playing piano "Berdux Welte Piano", 506/ММП
- Playing piano "Steinway Welte-Mignon", 599/ММП
- Playing piano "Welte - Mignon - Piano", with paper music roll and three keys, 633.1-5/ММП
1302/TP