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Conlon Nancarrow has written the most rhythmically complex music the world has ever known, so complex that it can only be realized on a mechanical player piano. His music has achieved international fame only recently, and this book details his life and compositional achievements.

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'… excellent new title by Village Voice critic Kyle Gann, the first book on the composer and a compendious survey of his work.' Wire

Table of Contents
Preface; 1. The music: general considerations; 2. A biographical sketch; 3. Foreshadowings: the early works; 4. Blues years: the ostinato studies; 5. Isorhythm: the numbers game; 6. Canon: phase 1; 7. Stretching time: the acceleration studies; 8. Beyond counterpoint: the sound-mass canons; 9. Synthesizing a language; 10. After the player piano; Notes; Discography; Select bibliography; Scores; Index.

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      Publisher: Cambridge University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 11/2/2006 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780521028073, 978-0521028073
      ISBN10: 0521028078
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Conlon Nancarrow has written the most rhythmically complex music the world has ever known, so complex that it can only be realized on a mechanical player piano. His music has achieved international fame only recently, and this book details his life and compositional achievements.

      Trade Review
      '… excellent new title by Village Voice critic Kyle Gann, the first book on the composer and a compendious survey of his work.' Wire

      Table of Contents
      Preface; 1. The music: general considerations; 2. A biographical sketch; 3. Foreshadowings: the early works; 4. Blues years: the ostinato studies; 5. Isorhythm: the numbers game; 6. Canon: phase 1; 7. Stretching time: the acceleration studies; 8. Beyond counterpoint: the sound-mass canons; 9. Synthesizing a language; 10. After the player piano; Notes; Discography; Select bibliography; Scores; Index.

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