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Pianist and harmoniumist ARTIS WODEHOUSE has devoted her careeer to preserving and disseminating neglected but valuable music and instruments from the past, with an emphasis on American music. Cited by the NYTimes as “savior of the old and neglected”, she received a National Endowment grant that propelled her into production of CDs and published transcriptions of recorded performances and piano rolls made by George Gershwin, Jelly Roll Morton and Zez Confrey. Her best-seller, “Gershwin Plays Gershwin”, on the Nonesuch label has sold over 500,000 copies. Beginning in 2000, Wodehouse began performing on a representative group of antique reed organs and harmoniums, toy pianos and an 1823 English square piano and an 1860 Steinway square piano that she had painstakingly restored and brought to concert condition. She founded the chamber group MELODEON in 2010 to present little known but valuable music from 19th and early 20th Century America, using her antique instrument collection as the basis for repertoire choice. Wodehouse has a BM from the Manhattan School of Music, an MM from Yale, and a DMA from Stanford.
Posted on December 13, 2012 by admin

Artis Wodehouse: Cooman commission for Mason & Hamlin Liszt foot-pump reed organ

Uploaded on Nov 24, 2009 Artis Wodehouse performs Carson Cooman’s 2009 composition, Windflower. This music was commissioned by Wodehouse for her 1887 restored Mason & Hamlin Liszt reed organ and received its first public performance on 10/25/09 at the Unitarian … Read the rest of this entry →

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Mason & Hamlin Liszt Foot-Pump Reed Organ, Pt. 1 – by Artis Wodehouse

Uploaded on Aug 12, 2009 Artis Wodehouse demonstrates the sounds and musical capabilities of her newly-restored 1887 Mason & Hamlin Liszt foot- pump organ. Recorded at her studio in the Bronx, NYC August 9th, 2009.

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Mason & Hamlin Liszt Foot-Pump Reed Organ, Pt. 2 – by Artis Wodehouse

Uploaded on Aug 11, 2009 Artis Wodehouse demonstrates the sounds and musical capabilities of her newly-restored 1887 Mason & Hamlin Liszt foot- pump organ. Recorded at her studio in the Bronx, NYC August 9th, 2009.

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Summer Solstice: Artis Wodehouse Mason & Hamlin Liszt organ, piano

Uploaded on Jun 25, 2009 Artis Wodehouse plays her restored 1887 Mason & Hamlin Liszt organ and piano in the Summer Solstice music taken from Ruth Schonthal’s 65 Celebrations for piano or organ. Wodehouse premiered the entire 65 Celebrations on … Read the rest of this entry →

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Trinity: Artis Wodehouse Mason & Hamlin Liszt organ, piano

Uploaded on Jun 25, 2009 Artis Wodehouse plays her restored 1887 Mason & Hamlin Liszt organ and piano in the Trinity 3 finale music taken from Ruth Schonthal’s 65 Celebrations for piano or organ. Wodehouse premiered the entire 65 Celebrations … Read the rest of this entry →

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Passion: Artis Wodehouse Mason & Hamlin Liszt organ, piano

Uploaded on Jun 25, 2009 Artis Wodehouse plays her restored 1887 Mason & Hamlin Liszt organ and piano in the Passion music taken from Ruth Schonthal’s 65 Celebrations for piano or organ. Wodehouse premiered the entire 65 Celebrations on May … Read the rest of this entry →

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