Conlon Nancarrow (1912-1997) was one of the first American composers to specifically compose pieces for a machine to play. Nancarrow faced an uphill battle in getting his music played, as it was ...
(Soundbite of song "Study No. 7 for Player Piano") Mr. MAYNER: By using some basic ideas, like the simple melodies at the beginning and the waltz rhythm, Conlon Nancarrow creates a densely complex ...
At the core of the weekend was a nine-concert cycle of the complete studies for player piano. As far as anyone knew, it was the first time all 51 studies had been performed in public in one go. And ...
To anyone who met Conlon Nancarrow in the 1930s — or ‘40s, or ‘50s — he must have seemed like a bit of a lost sheep. A thinly educated trumpeter whose father was the mayor of Texarkana, he drifted ...
This compilation of rarities was recorded on Nancarrow's own player-pianos, variously customised to achieve his preferred timbre, approximating a harpsichord. Some are of largely formal or technical ...
The eyes are bolder than the ears: cultural consumers more readily embrace the visual avant-garde than they do the musical equivalent. The audience for Kandinsky and Picasso greatly exceeds the one ...
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The Arditti Quartet returns to the Edinburgh Festival performing Janacek, alongside works by Xenakis and Nancarrow inspired by mathematics and jazz. Programme: Janáçek: String Quartet No 1 Xenakis: ...
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