Since yesterday’s post about Billy Mayerl attracted some attention, here’s a follow-up with Mayerl performing his best-known composition, “Marigold” – on the Novachord.
He’s joking about his having composed it in 1865, though it was requested so much of him, it probably felt that long.
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