Tom & Jerry with Tom playing Strauss

[finn magnus]

Today at Cartoon Network, it was Tom&Jerry day.  :DThey was sending episodes all day.
Then I noticed an episode where Tom is learning to play piano. (Tom's house master is Strauss himself). Tom starts to play really difficult waltzs by strauss.

Have anyone seen that episode and do you know who wrote these transcriptions. Is it strauss himself who did it? Does the sheetmusic exist?

[arensky]

The music was arranged and played by Jakob Gimpel. pianist onscreen and off for several Hollyood films. His interpretation of of Chopin's g minor Ballade op.23 in "Gaslight" is extraordinary IMO. His Mephisto Waltz in the film of the same name is also quite good, although the film is terrible.   But it's as Tom's piano shadow that he will live forever, probably. 

Here's the link to his IMDB page...  https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0319829/

[thalbergmad]

I have done a bit of research on this one.

The Strauss arrangements were made by a pianist called Jakob Gimpel. Saying that, he appears to have combined and used existing arrangements by the likes of Godowsky, Cziffra, Schulz-Evler & Friedman.

Jakob Gimpel is now dead, but i managed to track down his son who runs a publishing company called Red Heifer Press. I sent no fewer than 4 e mails over a period of 6 months but never received a response.

This might be one score that i give up on which i hate to do.

I did ask a transciber to recreate the score for me but he wanted £3000.

[luposolitario]

There is a transcription of some Strauss' waltzs by editions "Suvini-Zerboni"(Milan).
The transcriptor is unknown.

I saw this cartoon years ago. I also listened to Tom playing Liszt-Raphsody n.2.
Is it played by the same pianist?

[pianistimo]

cute johann mouse.  i think i remember seeing that!

[princessdecadence]

I love Tom and Jerry, I have all of them on Laser Disc and I do remember that episode. Not my fave though - Salt Water Tabby beats that.

[luposolitario]

I also listened to Tom playing Liszt-Raphsody n.2.

I have remembered badly. It was Bugs Bunny. Anyway, the performer was Gimpel.

[airasia]

I have remembered badly. It was Bugs Bunny. Anyway, the performer was Gimpel.

No, Tom also plays Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2.  The Bugs Bunny Hungarian Rhapsody came out right before it, but basically at the same time, and they were both nominated for an Academy Award with the Tom and Jerry Hungarian Rhapsody winning.  On Wikipedia.org it says Warner tried sueing Tom and Jerry for stealing their idea.