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From: FERRANTE on 20 Sep 2009 15:59
Famed pianist, Arthur Ferrante of the team of Ferrante and Teicher
died early Saturday morning in his home in Longboat Key, Florida. He
was 88. Here is some history of him and his musical partner, Lou
Teicher who together sold millions of albums.

Mark Anthony Ferrante
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Ferrante & Teicher
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Ferrante & Teicher were a duo of American piano players, known for
their light arrangements of familiar classical pieces, movie
soundtracks, and show tunes.

Arthur Ferrante (born September 7, 1921, New York City) and Louis
Teicher (August 24, 1924, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania � August 3, 2008)
met while studying at the Juilliard School of Music in New York.
Musical prodigies, they began performing as a piano duo while still in
school. After graduating, they both joined the Juilliard faculty.

In 1947, they launched a full-time concert career, at first playing
nightclubs, then quickly moving up to playing classical music with
orchestral backing. Between 1950 and 1980, they were a major American
easy listening act, and scored four big U.S. hits: "Theme From The
Apartment" (Pop #10), "Exodus" (Pop #2), "Tonight" (Pop #8), and
"Midnight Cowboy" (Pop #10). They performed and recorded regularly
with pops orchestras popular standards by George Gershwin, Jerome
Kern, Cole Porter, Richard Rodgers and others. In 1973, they did the
opening theme music for the Rod Serling radio drama series, The Zero
Hour.

The duo also had a more avant-garde side. They experimented with
prepared pianos, influenced by avant-garde composer John Cage. By
adding paper, sticks, rubber, wood blocks, metal bars, chains, glass,
mallets, and other found objects to piano string beds, they were able
to produce a variety of bizarre sounds that sometimes resembled
percussion instruments, and at other times resulted in special effects
that sounded as if they were electronically synthesized.

Ferrante and Teicher ceased performing in 1989 and retired in Florida.
CDs of their music, some of it not previously released, have continued
to appear.

Louis Teicher died in 2008.
Contents
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* 1 Discography
o 1.1 The 1950s
o 1.2 The 1960s
o 1.3 The 1970s
o 1.4 The 1980s
o 1.5 The 1990s
o 1.6 2000-
o 1.7 Tracks appear on
* 2 External links

[edit] Discography
[edit] The 1950s

* Mississippi Boogie/African Echoes (1952) Joe Davis Records
* Piano Playhouse (1952) MGM E209
* Hi-Fireworks (1953) Columbia CL-573
* Can-Can & Me & Juliet (1954) Columbia CL-6264
* Continental Holiday (1954) Columbia CL-6291
* Rhapsody (1955) Urania URA-78011
* Rachmaninoff Two-Piano Suites (1955) Westminster XWN-18059
* Original Variations for Two Pianos (1955) Westminster XWN-18169
* Ravel/Debussy (1955) Westminster XWN-18219
* Encores! (1955) Westminster XWN-18786
* Postcards From Paris (1955) Westminster WP-6001
* Adventure In Carols (1955) Westminster WP-6021
* Soundproof (1956) Westminster WP-6014
* Soundblast (1956) Westminster WP-6041
* Heavenly Sounds In Hi-Fi (1957) ABC ABCS-221 (Re-released in
1966 under the title Heavenly Sounds of Ferrante & Teicher, ABCS-555)
* Ferrante & Teicher With Percussion (1958) ABCS-248 (Re-released
in 1966 under the title Temptation, ABCS-561)
* Blast Off (1959) ABCS-285 (Re-released in 1966 under the title
We've Got Rhythm, ABCS-556)
* Play Light Classics (1959) ABCS-313
* Themes From Broadway Shows (1959) ABCS-336

[edit] The 1960s

* Dream Concerto (1960) UAS-6103
* Dynamic Twin Pianos (1960) WWS-8504
* The World's Greatest Themes (1960) UAS-6121
* Latin Pianos (1960) UAS-6135
* Golden Piano Hits (1961) WWS-8505
* Goodbye Again OST (1961) UAS-5091
* Love Themes (1961) WWS-8514
* West Side Story (1961) UAS-6166
* Tonight! (1961) UAS-6171
* Golden Themes From Motion Pictures (1962) UAS-6210
* Pianos In Paradise (1962) UAS-6230
* Snowbound (1962) UAS-6233
* The Keys To Her Apartment (1962) UAS-6247
* Love Themes From Cleopatra (1963) UAS-6290
* Holiday For Pianos (1963) UAS-6298
* Concert For Lovers (1963) UAS-6315
* Fifty Fabulous Favorites (1964)UAS-6343
* My Fair Lady (1964) UAS-6361
* The People's Choice (1964) UAS-6385
* Springtime (1964) UAS-6406
* By Popular Demand (1965) UAS-6416
* Only The Best (1965) UAS-6434
* A Rage To Live OST (1965) UAS-5130
* The Ferrante & Teicher Concert-Part 1 (1965) UAS-6444
* The Ferrante & Teicher Concert-Part 2 (1965) UAS-6475
* For Lovers Of All Ages (1966) UAS-6483
* You Asked For It!(1966) UAS-6526
* We Wish You A Merry Christmas (1966) UAS-6536
* Our Golden Favorites (1967) UAS-6556
* A Man & A Woman (1967) UAS-6572
* In the Heat Of The Night (1967) UAS-6624
* Live For Life (1967) UAS-6632
* The Painted Desert (1968) UAS-6636
* A Bouquet Of Hits (1968) UAS-6659
* Love In The Generation Gap (1968) UAS-6671
* Listen To the Movies With Ferrante & Teicher (1969) UAS-6701
* Midnight Cowboy (1969) UAS-6725

[edit] The 1970s

* Getting Together (1970) UAS-5501
* Love Is A Soft Touch (1970) UAS-6771
* The Best Of Ferrante & Teicher (1970) UAS-73
* The Music Lovers (1971) UAS-6792
* It's Too Late (1971) UAS-5531
* Fiddler On The Roof (1972) UAS-5552
* Play The Hit Themes (1972) UAS-5588
* Salute Nashville (1972) UAS-5645
* Hear And Now (1973) UA-LA018F
* The Roaring Twenties (1973) UA-LA072F
* Killing Me Softly (1974) UA-LA118F
* Dial "M" For Music (1974) UA-LA195F
* Greatest Love Themes of the 20th Century (1975) UA-LA101-G2
* In A Soulful Mood (1975) UA-LA227G
* Beautiful, Beautiful (1975) UA-LA316G
* Body & Soul (1975) UA-LA360G
* The Carpenters Songbook (1976) UA-LA490G
* Fill the World With Love (1976) UA-LA547G
* Spirit Of "'76" (1976) UA-LA573G
* Piano Portraits (1977) UA-LA585G
* Feelings (1977) UA-LA662G
* Rocky & Other Knockouts (1977) UA-LA782G
* Star Wars (1978) UA-LA855G
* You Light Up My Life (1978) UA-LA908G
* Supermen (1979) UA-LA941G
* Classical Disco (1979) UA-LA980G

[edit] The 1980s

* 30th Anniversary-On Stage (1984) Avant-Garde (Bainbridge)
AVG-1001
* A Few Of Our Favorites-On Stage (1985) Avant-Garde (Bainbridge)
AVG-1002
* American Fantasy-On Stage (1986) Avant-Garde (Bainbridge)
AVG-1003
* Dos Amigos (1988) Avant-Garde (Bainbridge) AVG-1004

[edit] The 1990s

* 40th Anniversary-On Stage (1992) Avant-Garde (Intersound)
AVG-1005
* All-Time Great Motion Picture Themes (1993) 0777-7-98823-2
* The Ferrante & Teicher Collection (1998) Avant-Garde (Varese
Sarabande Vintage) AVG-1006

[edit] 2000-

* The Sound Of Music (2000) Avant-Garde/Varese Sarabande Records
AVG-1007
* Denizens Of The Deep (2001) Avant-Garde /Varese Sarabande
Records 302 066 261 2
* Can-Can and Me & Juliet/Continental Holiday (2001)
Sony/Collectables Records CDL-CD-6692
* Christmas Is So Special (2000) 724352905720
* Great 1970's Motion Picture Themes (2001) 72435-30518-2
* America Forever (2002) Avant-Garde/Varese Sarabande Records 302
066 312 2

[edit] Tracks appear on

* Filme, Die Man Nicht Vergisst United Artists Records
* Music To Read James Bond By United Artists Records
* Dusty Fingers Volume One "Lady Love" Strictly Breaks Records
1997
* Ultra-Lounge - Christmas Cocktails Part Two Capitol Records 1997
* Ultra-Lounge Vol. 16 - Mondo Hollywood Capitol Records 1997
* The Best Of Blue Juice Blue Note 2001
* Hard To Find Orchestral Instrumentals II Eric Records 2003
From: Chef Kurt on 20 Sep 2009 15:29
On Sep 20, 12:59 pm, FERRANTE <manthonyferra...(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
> Famed pianist, Arthur Ferrante of the team of Ferrante and Teicher
> died early Saturday morning in his home in Longboat Key, Florida. He
> was 88. Here is some history of him and his musical partner, Lou
> Teicher who together sold millions of albums.

Bummer...but what about Henry Gibson?

Kurt
From: Worldbefree on 21 Sep 2009 12:33
Appears to have been very talented and influential. Sorry for your
loss. I hope to hear a
retrospecitive on Fresh Air some day.
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