Pianist David Smith plays Goossens' "The Hurdy-Gurdy Man"

Vintage 1940 film showing Conductor Composer Sir Eugene Goossens, accompanied by David Edward Smith playing Goossens' Hurdy-Gurdy Man in a 1981 performance.
This 1940 film is from a reception at the home of Karol Liszniewski. It shows Eugene Goossens, conductor of the Cincinnati Symphony at a reception honoring composer Albert Noelte of Chicago. The piano music is my father, David Edward Smith, playing Goossens' The Hurdy-Gurdy Man in a 1981 performance in Oregon.
GOOSSENS, Sir EUGENE AYNSLEY (1893-1962), conductor and composer, was born on 26 May 1893 at Kentish Town, London. steam locomotives and ocean liners which he was to retain throughout his life. In 1931 Goossens succeeded Fritz Reiner as permanent conductor of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, a post he retained for the next fifteen years. As a composer he was placed alongside his British contemporaries (Sir) William Walton, (Sir) Arthur Bliss and Ralph Vaughan Williams. Goossens was happy to exploit his authority as a conductor to champion new music in his programs. My father played many times with the Cincinnati Orchestra conducted by Goossens. See http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ArnGD-Ef4lg (video includes picture of David Edward Smith, Karol Liszniewski and Eugene Goossens).

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[kasyapa]

striking evenness of tone-color. another striking piece of creative freshness from david edward smith.