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Celebrations for a centurian pianist; Christopher Morley previews centenary celebrations of the art of Billy Mayerl - pianist, bandleader and composer of finely-crafted light music.(Features)

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From: The Birmingham Post (England)
Date: 20020514
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Byline: Christopher Morley

Though musical centenaries this year are dominated by that of the birth of Sir William Walton, there is another English composer - one surely close to Walton's heart - who would also have been a hundred years old in 2002.

But this one was also a great pianist and bandleader, one whose music has worked his way into our consciousness in the same manner as Walton's Popu-lar Song from Facade. We are talking here of Billy Mayerl. Born in London of part-German parentage on May ...

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