PEARL FAWCETT
Cliff Bentz
I recently found two LP records by Pearl Fawcett. They are:
"Accordion Tapestry" and "Musette Parisienne" on Caravelle Records
(Great Britain) circa 1960?
Anyone know of her and possible other recordings? These two recordings
are excellent in both selections and technique. Her performances are
brilliant. I'd like to know her background history and if she is still
alive. I have to believe she may have been from England [Great
Britain].
Any info greatly appreciated.
Cliff Bentz
Gary Blair
<<Anyone know of her and possible other recordings? These two recordings
are excellent in both selections and technique. Her performances are
brilliant. I'd like to know her background history and if she is still
alive. I have to believe she may have been from England [Great
Britain].>>
Pearl is very much alive and is living
in Yorkshire, England
She lives with Adrian Dante, who was the ex-editor of all
these wonderful old Accordion magazines that I have , called
The Accordion Times 1946-1957.
She has a few other albums out
Adrian and Pearl own M.A.P. ( Modern Accordion Publications) which some
of you will remember, I posted to the group with their catalogue. She was a
past
British Junior Accordion Champion.
As you rightly say, she is a very good player.
Accordion Tapestry ( which I had had autographed)
has the following
The Marriage of Figaro (Mozart
Badinerie (Bach)
William Tell (Rossini)
Minuet from Berenice ( Handel)
Hungarian Dance No5 (Brahms)
Dance of the Comedians ( Smetana)
Durand's first waltz
Allegro (Fiocco)
Dance of the Hours (Ponchielli)
Turkish March (Mozart)
Prelude (Handel)
Musette Parisienne has
Caravelle (A.Dante)
Piccoloina Polka (Dante)
Le Poussin (Dante)
Tinarella (Fawcett)
douce Souvenance (M.Gerard)
Perlina (Dante)
Musette Parisienne (Dante)
Clockwork Polka (M.Gerard)
Letizia (Dante)
Tippi (Fawcett)
Silhouettes de Paris (Dante)
Geraldina (dante)
I must point out, that Adrian Dante was one of Britain's finest Accordion
Players
and his Compositions are very good.Adrian was also instrumental ( along
with my
Late Father) of getting the Uniform Keyboard accepted in Great Britain
Anyway , back to Pearl.
Her other Albums are
Music on the Move ( strict tempo sequnces for dancing)
Virtuosissimi ( One side is Pearl playing:)
The Thieving Magpie
La Cumparsita
Carnival of venice ( Arr Fawcett)
Drigo's Serenade
Spic and Span Polka (Frosini)
The other side features the awesome ( to steal an american term!)
Yuri Kazakov playing
Toccata and Fugue in D min (Bach)
Ukrainian folk song
The Musical box (Liadov)
Russian comic dancing song
Ballet of the chicks in their shells ( mussorgsky)
Northern Folk Tunes
Another of her albums is
Les Melodies Continentales
Which has
Waltz Medley (ARR.Fawcett)
Santa Lucia ( Arr. Fawcett)
Musette Italienne ( Fawcett)
Marsala Bella (Fawcett)
Mirifique (Martin)
Cin-Cin Polka (Dante)
La Vie Parisienne (Arr. Fawcett)
Toselli's Serenade ( Arr. Fawcett)
Minouchette (Gerard_
Cielito Lindo (Fernadez)
Mandolier's Tango (Lauricella)
Cinzerella (Dante)
She has an album called '' Viva Frosini''
Which is a dedicated album of Frosini music ( got this one Henry??)
With th likes of Bel Viso
Cubanola
Bats at Sunset
Trix
Hungarain Fantasy
Bel Fiore
Panama Exposition
Golden Slippers
Robins at Sunrise
Flirtation
E Pur Ti Amo
Spic and Span Polka
And another called
'' The Two Great Pietro's''
Which is another dedicated album to PIetro Deiro and Frosini.
It has the following
Quick Silver
Sicilian Serenade
Trieste
Loveliness
Cubanera
Pyramid
Omaggio a Pietro
Celestail Whispering
Sweepstakes
Abundance
The Brave Matador
Chanticleer.
She can be contacted at
2 Bence close
Darton
Nr.Barnsley
Yorkshire
ST75 5PB
England
U.K.
Thats about it.
I have been fortunate enough to have played in a concert
that had pearl on the bill. She is a super player , but I am not sure if
she will record
any new albums .
Sorry for prattling on, but I have just finished performing for the
nineteenth night in
a row, and am feeling a wee bit Hyper
Merry Xmas to all my readers!!
Cheers
Gary Blair (Scotland)