"I
remember many years ago that there were a pair of pianists who played the song
Exodus. Can you find me their names?"
Some of the more mature library staff also remembered the pair and that
their initials were F & T, but nothing more.
The
online search for the words "dual pianists played Exodus" brought
immediate results. The Wikipedia article,
Ferrante & Teicher gave
us the names, as well as a link to their official website,
www.ferranteandteicher.com. The site
noted that their careers spanned five decades, they performed in over 5,400
concerts attended by over 18 million people, recorded 150 original record
albums, received 22 gold and platinum record awards and sold more than 90
million recordings. The biographical
information given at AllMusic.com, states that they met and began to perform
together while students at Julliard (School of Music).
Also
noted in the Wikipedia article was an interesting bit of trivia about the duo; in
the 1950s the two students practiced in the home of Constance Neidhart
Tallarico "pianist who studied at the Peabody Conservatory" and was grandmother
of Aerosmith's Steven Tyler [Walk This Way: The Autobiography of Aerosmith by Aerosmith with Stephen Davis, pp. 19-20.] A copy of this book, as well as CDs of the
pair's music are available through the Clevnet shared catalog.
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