See O-Rollography: https://www.rickcrandall.net/operators-o-roll-rollography/; Click on a tune name to play the tune.
36037 Meditation from Thais, Jules Massenet;
One of the great encore pieces by one of the world’s best violinists
36097 Der Flegende Holländer Ouvertüre (Flying Dutchman), Richard Wagner;
Wagner was inspired following a stormy sea crossing in 1839
36107 Die Zauberflöte Ouvertüre (Magic Flute), Wolfgang Mozart
Albert Einstein said this was Mozart’s bequest to mankind
37140 Salem Aleikum, K. F. Heberl
A two-step, means “peace be upon you”
38047 Largo, G. F. Handel
Aria written in 1738 for the opera Xerxes which was a failure, but 100 years later Largo became a big hit; often performed at solemn occasions
38094 Naila-Ballett Le Pas de Fleurs, Leo Delibes
A “divertissement” added in 1867 by Delibes to his 1866 opera Naila.
31006 Nocturne, Frederick Chopin
Regarded as Chopin’s most famous piece
31010 Solveig’s Lied, Edvard Grieg
Ludwig Hupfeld used this as a demo roll
31048 Die Fledermaus, Johann Strauss
Ranks 16th most performed operatic work
38059 Elfentanz, Ezra Jenkinson,
His best known work, makes extensive use of spiccato
39018 An der schonen blauen Donau, Johann Strauss
Strauss’s most famous of all orchestral waltzes, unofficial anthem of Austria
38012 Serenade, Charles Gounod;
Popular lullaby