The Music of Conlon Nancarrow - Brossura

Gann, Kyle

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ISBN 10: 0521028078 ISBN 13: 9780521028073

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2008

Riassunto

The expatriate American experimentalist composer Conlon Nancarrow is increasingly recognized as having had one of the most innovative musical minds of the twentieth century. His music, almost all written for player piano, is the most rhythmically complex ever written, couched in intricate contrapuntal systems using up to twelve different tempi at the same time. Yet despite its complexity, Nancarrow's music drew its early influences from the jazz pianism of Art Tatum and Earl Hines and from the rhythms of Indian music; Nancarrow's whirlwinds of notes are joyously physical in their energy. Composed in almost complete isolation from 1940, this music has achieved international fame only in the last few years. The author has discussed Nancarrow's music with him, and analyses sixty-five works, virtually the composer's complete output.

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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

Descrizione del libro:

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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• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0521028078
• ISBN 13: 9780521028073
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 316