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Ode to Gravity: Conlon Nancarrow, Studies for Player Piano (July 17, 1974)

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Charles Amirkhanian introduces recent compositions by this American composer, who since 1947 developed a unique body of complex pieces, all for player piano. Nancarrow was able to punch carefully calculated holes in player piano rolls and make the instrument perform inhumanly difficult figures. His concerns with rhythm and sonority are more advanced than almost any in the world, yet his music makes an immediate impression even to those who don’t normally like avant-garde music. This is music utterly new our ears by an unrecognized genius of 20th Century composition. Nancarrow resided in Mexico City since the 1940s. His music has been choreographed by Merce Cunningham. In this program you will hear a selection of recordings from a Columbia LP, as well as some more recently taped pieces. (from KPFA Folio)


This audio is part of the collection: Other Minds Archive

Date: 1974-07-17
Keywords: KPFA-FM; Ode to Gravity Series; Interview and Music; 20th Century Classical; Mechanical Music; Conlon Nancarrow

Creative Commons license: Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States

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