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Music in the Twentieth Century Ser.: Music of Conlon Nancarrow by Kyle Gann (2006, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherCambridge University Press
ISBN-100521028078
ISBN-139780521028073
eBay Product ID (ePID)52187006
Product Key Features
Number of Pages316 Pages
Publication NameMusic of Conlon Nancarrow
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2006
SubjectComposers & Musicians, General
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaMusic, Biography & Autobiography
AuthorKyle Gann
SeriesMusic in the Twentieth Century Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight17.8 Oz
Item Length9.6 in
Item Width6.7 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
Reviews'… excellent new title by Village Voice critic Kyle Gann, the first book on the composer and a compendious survey of his work.'Wire, "Kyle Gann's brilliant and authoritative study....Gann's study convincingly defines the field of inquiry for a composer whose full stature is only now becomming clear." Philip Rupprecht, I.S.A.M. Newsletter, '... excellent new title by Village Voice critic Kyle Gann, the first book on the composer and a compendious survey of his work.' Wire, '... excellent new title by Village Voice critic Kyle Gann, the first book on the composer and a compendious survey of his work.'Wire, '… excellent new title by Village Voice critic Kyle Gann, the first book on the composer and a compendious survey of his work.' Wire
Dewey Edition20
TitleLeadingThe
Series Volume NumberSeries Number 7
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal786.2/092
Table Of ContentPreface; 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.
SynopsisConlon 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. Yet Nancarrow's whirlwinds of notes, sometimes as many as eighty per second, are jazzy and infectiously joyous. The music he composed in almost complete isolation from 1940 on has only recently achieved international fame, and this is the first book to cover in detail Nancarrow's life and compositional achievements. The book includes analysis of sixty-five works and previously unpublished biographical information., 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., 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.
LC Classification NumberMT92.N36 G36 1995
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