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DescriptionPleasant Moments Piano Roll.ogg
English: A recording of Pleasant Moments, a Ragtime Waltz recorded on Piano Roll by Scott Joplin in April 1916, and thought lost until discovered by User:PlayerRoll in 2006. It has been scanned and recorded on a Grand Piano as an MP3. The recording is public domain as it was originally made before 1923 in the USA. The MP3 was converted into OggVorbis by Major Bloodnok.
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