Oscar Comettant News
French composer (1819-1898)
- piano
- France
- composer, journalist, explorer
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2013-09-24 19:02:41
Pure poetry: Where elephants and pianos go
[…] concert, Ross toured the island as he had the West: He looked at and played 88 ruined pianos, one of which came from India on a whale boat in the 19th century (a “Raj piano,” he says) before selecting those with particular provenance and sound. It is surprising so many existed—and that so many owners came forward—but as early as 1888 there were 700,000 pianos in Australia, according to an estimate by French juror Oscar Comettant in Au pays des kangourous et des mines d’or (In the land of kangaroos and gold mines, 1890) though only three million inhabitants. All little pieces of home so important to settlers so far from their past selves. Or perhaps such abundance was a sign of early Aussie aspirationals; piano ownership and playing skills being a significant marker of social standing and good breeding. Each ruined piano Ross considers a found object and prefers […]
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