1. A Conlon Nancarrow Web Page nancarrow conlon (1912), kompozytor amerykaski. Studiowa w Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music oraz u W. Pistona i R. Sessionsa http://home.earthlink.net/~kgann/index2.html

Conlon Nancarrow The expatriate American experimentalist composer Conlon Nancarrow is increasingly recognized as having one of the most innovative musical minds of this 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 tempos at the same time. Yet despite its complexity, Nancarrow's music drew its early influence 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. Born in 1912, the son of the mayor of Texarkana, Nancarrow fought in the Lincoln Brigade, then fled America to Mexico City to avoid being hounded for his former Communist affiliations. The author travelled to Mexico City to research Nancarrow's music and to discuss it with him. He analyses sixty-five works, virtually the composer's complete output, and includes a biographical chapter containing much information never before published. The Music of Conlon Nancarrow , Cambridge University Press, $49.95

2. Conlon Nancarrow Conlon Nancarrow Personality and Polyphony CONLON NANCARROW PERSONALITY and POLYPHONY http://www.furious.com/perfect/conlonnancarrow.html

CONLON NANCARROW: PERSONALITY and POLYPHONY by Tom Rodwell (August 1999) Conlon Nancarrow, (1912-1997) was born in Texarkana, studied composition from an early age, (with Slonimsky, Sessions, and Piston privately in Boston) and played jazz trumpet in local bar bands. He joined the Lincoln Brigade and fought Franco's fascists in 1930's Spain, also becoming a member of the Communist Party. Upon his return to the USA, he resumed composition, and associated with other new radicals in the New York scene, including John Cage and life-long friend Elliot Carter. Nancarrow's political leanings gradually attracted the interest of the state, and he was refused a passport upon application in 1940. Nancarrow moved to Mexico City, home until his death of heart failure at age eighty four. Early performances of his highly complex work were failures, often due to incompetent musicians, and his attempts to relaunch his compositional career ground to a halt in the (understandably) underfunded and ill-equipped Mexican contemporary music scene of the day. Frustrated by years of indifference and incompetence, Nancarrow withdrew from 'normal' musical circles, and, inspired by the writings of Henry Cowell, ordered an Ampico Reproducing Piano and the required hole-punching equipment for the pianola rolls. The player piano became his sole musical outlet, and he wrote over 50 'Studies' exclusively for the mechanical instruments until a sudden explosion of commissions in the 1980's and 1990's saw live musicians once again tackle his formidably polyrhythmic works.

3. CONLON NANCARROW CONLON NANCARROW (photo courtesy of Wergo Records) Return to COMPOSERS All contents of these WWW pages Copyright ©19971999 Eyeneer Music Archives. http://www.eyeneer.com/CCM/Composers/Nancarrow

CONLON NANCARROW (photo courtesy of Wergo Records) Return to COMPOSERS Eyeneer Music Archives.

4. MPR: Conlon Nancarrow: Otherworldly Compositions For Player Piano News feature contains a number of RealAudio samples and some limited biographical information.Category Arts Music Composition Composers N Nancarrow, Conlon......Who was Conlon Nancarrow? Real Audio 3.0 28.8 Conlon nancarrow conlonNancarrow, 1990 Photograph ©John Fago (click for larger view.) http://news.mpr.org/features/199710/29_bakera_nancarrow/

Otherworldly Compositions for Player Piano Who was Conlon Nancarrow? Real Audio 3.0 28.8 Radio Feature "Freed from worrying about whether performers could actually perform the music, Nancarrow developed a body of work that is like no other." A Photographer's Tribute Photos by John Fago, who reflects upon his encounters with the composer. Links to Further Information About the Background Image Conlon Nancarrow, 1990 EVER HEARD OF THE COMPOSER CONLON NANCARROW? Probably not. His isn't exactly a household name. But Nancarrow - who died in August, 1997 - inspired a generation of composers. He wrote music that was incredibly complex - so complex, in fact, that human beings simply couldn't play it. And because performers couldn't play what Nancarrow was writing, he began creating music expressly for an instrument that requires no human hand. It's an instrument that seems to fit better in pizza parlors and shoot-'em-up saloons in old Westerns than in serious classical music: the player piano. Audio Sampler (RealAudio 3.0 28.8)

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wiem.onet.pl napisz do nas losuj: has³a multimedia Muzyka, Stany Zjednoczone, Meksyk Nancarrow Conlon widok strony znajd¼ podobne poka¿ powi±zane Nancarrow Conlon (1912-), kompozytor amerykañski. Studiowa³ w Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music oraz u W. Pistona i R. Sessionsa w Bostonie. W 1937 wyjecha³ do Hiszpanii i wzi±³ udzia³ w walkach przeciwko genera³owi F. Franco . Oskar¿ony przez w³adze amerykañskie o sympatie lewicowe i pozbawiony paszportu, osiedli³ siê w 1940 w Meksyku, a w 1956 przyj±³ obywatelstwo tego kraju. We wczesnej twórczo¶ci przejawia³ tendencje neoklasyczne, ³±cz±c je z elementami muzyki popularnej i  jazzu . W po³. lat 40. skupi³ uwagê na pianoli (player piano) jako instrumencie o szczególnych mo¿liwo¶ciach technicznych, stanowi±cym wdziêczne pole dla skomplikowanych eksperymentów w dziedzinie rytmów i tempa (cykl ponad 40 utworów pt. Studies for Player Piano Powi±zania Pianola wiêcej zobacz wszystkie serwisy do góry Encyklopedia zosta³a opracowana na podstawie Popularnej Encyklopedii Powszechnej Wydawnictwa Fogra

6. Conlon Nancarrow - Wikipedia Conlon Nancarrow. Conlon Nancarrow (October 27, 1912 August 10, 1997)was an American composer who took Mexican citizenship in 1955. http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conlon_Nancarrow

Main Page Recent changes Edit this page Older versions Special pages Set my user preferences My watchlist Recently updated pages Upload image files Image list Registered users Site statistics Random article Orphaned articles Orphaned images Popular articles Most wanted articles Short articles Long articles Newly created articles All pages by title Blocked IP addresses Maintenance page External book sources Printable version Talk Log in Help Conlon Nancarrow From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Conlon Nancarrow October 27 August 10 ) was an American composer who took Mexican citizenship in . He is remembered almost exclusively for the pieces he wrote for the player piano . He lived most of his life in complete obscurity, first coming to the music world's attention in the . Today, he is remembered as one of the most original and unusual composers of the 20th century Nancarrow was born in Texarkana, Arkansas . He played trumpet in a jazz band in his youth, before studying music first in Cincinnati, Ohio and later in Boston, Massachusetts with Roger Sessions Walter Piston and Nicolas Slonimsky . Later still, he went to

7. Conlon Nancarrow Conlon Nancarrow 19121997. Conlon Nancarrow, along with Cage, Cowell,Ives, Partch, and Ruggles, one of the more important of 20th http://www.libraries.uc.edu/libraries/ccm/nancarrow.html

Conlon Nancarrow The unique characteristic of most of Nancarrow's compositions is that most of them were notated by perforating player-piano rolls to mark the notes and rhythms and can be performed only by activating such piano rolls. This method of composition gave him total freedom in conjuring up the most complex contrapuntal, harmonic, and rhythmic combinations that no human pianist or number of human pianists could possibly perform. The method of composing itself was extremely laborious. A bar containing a few dozen notes might require an hour to stamp out on the piano roll. Although he lived in obscurity for most of his life, his works appreciated by only a few cognoscenti, wider recognition finally came in the 1980s. His works began appear on programs of new music throughout the world, and, most significantly, in 1982, he was awarded the MacArthur Foundation's "genius grant" of $300,000, allowing him to continue his work without concern for finances. He died in Mexico City in 1997, after battling a number of ailments for several years. The item on display here is one of his Player Piano Etudes Created 11/22/00. Comments and questions to

8. Conlon Nancarrow Conlon Nancarrow (1912–1997) Mexican composer of American origin,Contents of Collection Music manuscripts sketches and drafts, •. http://www.paul-sacher-stiftung.ch/e/collections/nancarrow.htm

Home Conlon Nancarrow Mexican composer of American origin Contents of Collection: Music manuscripts: sketches and drafts Music manuscripts: fair copies Proof sheets / Personal copies Handwritten texts / Typescripts Correspondence Programs / Reviews Photographs Sound recordings Library Films / Videos Instruments

9. Conlon Nancarrow Conlon Nancarrow. Arkansas' Most Famous Composer This is the beginningof a web page devoted to composer Conlon Nancarrow (1912 1997). http://comp.uark.edu/~jgreeson/Nancarrow_fldr/NancarrowPage.html

Conlon Nancarrow Arkansas' Most Famous Composer Audio Clips More Photos Links This is the beginning of a web page devoted to composer Conlon Nancarrow (1912 - 1997). He was born and raised in Texarkana, Arkansas and went on to be one of the most respected composers of "modern" art music of the 20th century. He focused nearly all of his musical energy on writing very rhythmically complex music for the player piano. These photos were taken by Janet Greeson while she and her husband were in Mexico City in 1984 when we spent a day interviewing Mr. Nancarrow at his pleasant home in a residential section of the city. I've also included some excerpts from the interview. These are audio clips from our six hour long interview with Conlon Nancarrow in 1984. Feel free to email me if you want more access to some of the interview or the 50 odd photos we took: jgreeson@uark.edu Nancarrow discussing his Rhythmic Study No. 1 (mp3 file - 224k) Nancarrow discussing his Rhythmic Study No. 1 (Real Audio - 78k) Nancarrow discusses one of his favorite Rhythmic Studies Nancarrow discusses one of his favorite Studies (Real Audio - 80k) This is a nice photo of Nancarrow at his piano roll hole punching machine with James Greeson (me) behind him. Nancarrow hand punched every note in his long and complex compositions himself. This was an arduous process which often took as long as a year to complete.

10. Classical Net - Basic Repertoire List - Nancarrow Conlon Nancarrow. (1912 1997). http://www.classical.net/music/comp.lst/nancarrow.html

Conlon Nancarrow Studies for Player Piano 10 Studies for Player Piano /Wergo WER60165-50 Conlon Nancarrow (piano) 29 Studies for Player Piano /Wergo WER60166/67-50 (2CDs) Conlon Nancarrow (piano) 11 Studies for Player Piano (Transcribed for Ensemble)/RCA Red Seal 09026-61180-2 Ingo Metzmacher/Ensemble Modern Back to Modern Repertoire back to the Basic Repertoire or back to the Home Page or Be A Sponsor Classical Net , is strictly prohibited. Site designed and maintained by Web Design Associates

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12. Conlon Nancarrow - Society Pages Conlon Nancarrow. Real Audio 3.0 28.8 Conlon nancarrow conlon Nancarrow,1990 Photograph ©John Fago (click for larger view.) http://www.xoi.info/society/dir/Conlon_Nancarrow/index.shtml

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17. Conlon Nancarrow: A Chronology conlon nancarrow A Chronology. By Kyle Gann. conlon nancarrow died August 10, 1997,at 710 PM at his home in Mexico City, surrounded by his wife and son. http://home.earthlink.net/~kgann/cnlife.html

Conlon Nancarrow: A Chronology By Kyle Gann Conlon Nancarrow died August 10, 1997, at 7:10 PM at his home in Mexico City, surrounded by his wife and son. Though bedridden for the previous year and a half, he remained conscious to the end, if able to converse only in monosyllabic answers. The morning of the day he died, he seemed to rally, and was strong enough to walk with support. The music world mourns his passing. 1912: Samuel Conlon Nancarrow born October 27 in Texarkana, Arkansas 1925: Nancarrow's father, to help protect local business interests, runs for mayor of Texarkana and wins 1930: Studying at Cincinnati College Conservatory, Nancarrow hears the Cincinnati Orchestra play Le Sacre du Printemps ; confirms his desire to become a composer; Nancarrow's father dies 1932: Marries his first wife, Helen Rigby, a singer and contrabass player 1934: Moves to Boston, where he studies with Roger Sessions, Walter Piston, Nicolas Slonimsky; here he also (according to Helen Rigby) meets Schoenberg, who has fled to Boston following the Nazi takeover; Nancarrow joins the Communist Party 1936: Works his way to Europe by playing jazz trumpet on a ship - visits London, Paris, and Germany

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19. Conlon Nancarrow Biography from Other Minds. http://www.otherminds.org/shtml/Nancarrow.shtml

Born in Texarkana, Arkansas in 1912, Nancarrow was active in his early years as a trumpeter, playing jazz and other types of popular music. He attended the Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music from 1929-32, and later studied composition and counterpoint in Boston with Nicolas Slonimsky, Walter Piston, and Roger Sessions (1933-36). He values most his work with Sessions: "The only formal studies I did that were important were the studies I had in strict counterpoint with Roger Sessions. That was the only formal training I ever had. And they were rigid! I'd do this strict counterpoint exercise, and then I'd take a piece of my music and say to him, 'What do you think of this?' 'Very interesting; where's your counterpoint exercise?'" Nancarrow also cites Bach and Stravinsky as seminal influences. In 1937 Nancarrow enlisted in the Abraham Lincoln Brigade to fight against Franco in the Spanish Civil War. On his return to the United States in 1939 he became involved in the New York new music scene, contributing several reviews to Modern Music and associating with other composers such as Elliot Carter and Aaron Copland. Nancarrow was a dedicated socialist, which made him politically unacceptable in the United States. This was brought plainly home when he applied for a passport and was denied. Angry at such treatment, he moved to Mexico City in the early 1940s, becoming a Mexican citizen in 1956. He died there in 1997.

20. MPR: Conlon Nancarrow: Otherworldly Compositions For Player Piano News feature contains a number of RealAudio samples and some limited biographical information. http://www.news.mpr.org/features/199710/29_bakera_nancarrow/

Otherworldly Compositions for Player Piano Who was Conlon Nancarrow? Real Audio 3.0 28.8 Radio Feature "Freed from worrying about whether performers could actually perform the music, Nancarrow developed a body of work that is like no other." A Photographer's Tribute Photos by John Fago, who reflects upon his encounters with the composer. Links to Further Information About the Background Image Conlon Nancarrow, 1990 EVER HEARD OF THE COMPOSER CONLON NANCARROW? Probably not. His isn't exactly a household name. But Nancarrow - who died in August, 1997 - inspired a generation of composers. He wrote music that was incredibly complex - so complex, in fact, that human beings simply couldn't play it. And because performers couldn't play what Nancarrow was writing, he began creating music expressly for an instrument that requires no human hand. It's an instrument that seems to fit better in pizza parlors and shoot-'em-up saloons in old Westerns than in serious classical music: the player piano. Audio Sampler (RealAudio 3.0 28.8)

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