Pauline Edeth Alpert Rooff (December 27, 1905 - April 11, 1988) was a pianist who performed, composed, recorded, and produced Duo-Art piano rolls in the United States. She performed in several films and made recordings with a few record labels. She did radio shows in New York City and toured.[1]

Career

She performed during the intermission of the Broadway show Rufus LeMaire's Affairs in 1927.[2]

She made numerous Victor Records recordings.[3][4] She recorded the album Sparkling Piano Melodies on Sonora Records.

She featured in two Vitaphone Varieties short film episodes dated March 1927.

Pauline Alpert's folio of modern piano songs includes musical scores for:

  • 'Dream of a doll"
  • March of the blues"
  • "Night of romance"
  • "Ivory tips"
  • "Piano poker"
  • "The merry minnow"
  • "Perils of Pauline"[5]

A recording of her playing "Doll Dance" is on the 1981 album Ragtime Piano Novelties of the 20's.[6]

Discography

[7][1]

Filmography

  • What Price Piano[8]
  • Katz' Pajamas

Legacy

Novelty Masterpieces of the Gershwin Era: The Music of Zez Confrey, Pauline Alpert and Rube Bloom by Peter Mintun

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Pauline Edeth Alpert Rooff". RagPiano.com.
  2. ↑ "Pauline Alpert – Broadway Cast & Staff | IBDB". www.ibdb.com.
  3. ↑ "Alpert, Pauline - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu.
  4. ↑ "| RSA". rsa.fau.edu.
  5. ↑ Pauline Alpert's folio of modern piano songs. November 15, 2021. OCLC 39792230 – via Open WorldCat.
  6. ↑ "Doll Dance | Smithsonian Folkways Recordings".
  7. ↑ "Pt's Historic Recordings". NPR.org.
  8. ↑ "Songs from What Price Piano".
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