Cat Music

 

Dear friends of piano music,

Puccini is truly not caterwauling (“Katzenmusik” = “cat music” as we say in German). In the early twentieth century, concert audiences have so far expressed their displeasure by loud meowing when what they have heard was too distant from the familiar tonal sounds and incomprehensible like the screaming of cats in love or those smelling valerian. My little daughter obviously doesn't like Puccini (yet), nor does she like it when her mother plays so loudly on the grand piano. This explains the “meow” at the end of the recording - we have no cat at all ...

As an exception, we experimented with a “loud” Bösendorfer grand, we were a little disappointed with the recorded sound! The technical equipment was probably too cheap. But at least it's a kind of cat video, and so it's in good company on YouTube.

Best regards from Heidelberg! Kerstin Giacomo Puccini: Foglio d'album/album leaf (con un gattino/with kitty) https://youtu.be/3Yw08CqIksw