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    Samuel Conlon Nancarrow (/nænˈkæroʊ/; October 27, 1912 – August 10, 1997) was an American-Mexican composer who lived and worked in Mexico for most of his...
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  • tennis player Cam Nancarrow (born 1945), Australian squash player Conlon Nancarrow (1912–1997), American-Mexican composer John Nancarrow; see Last speaker...
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    Piano is a series of 49 études for player piano by American composer Conlon Nancarrow. Often exploring complex rhythmic variations beyond the ability of...
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  • footballer Vera Conlon (1906–1994), British archaeological photographer Conlon Nancarrow (1912–1997), an American composer who took Mexican citizenship in 1955...
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  • appeared in the music of Charles Ives, and is common in the music of Conlon Nancarrow and others. In music theory, a pitch simultaneity is more than one...
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  • Al Hirt, jazz pianist Pat Moran McCoy, and composers Harold Morris, Conlon Nancarrow, and Margaret McClure Stitt. The Cincinnati Conservatory of Music was...
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    range of sources, including gamelan, African polyrhythms, Béla Bartók, Conlon Nancarrow, Thelonious Monk, and Bill Evans. Book I was written as preparation...
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  • Player Piano by Conlon Nancarrow uses 43 16. Charon by Richard Barrett has 44 8 in bar 50. Study No. 3a for Player Piano by Conlon Nancarrow uses 47 16. American...
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  • UPIC system In 1991 Sandoval met Conlon Nancarrow and began work as his assistant (1991–94). The influence of Nancarrow's music was strong at this time while...
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  • different cover art. The opening track, "Kaiser Nancarrow", was inspired by and named after composer Conlon Nancarrow. Shawn Lane – vocals, guitar, keyboard (except...
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  • While in Boston, Rotolo dated B. F. Skinner and was acquainted with Conlon Nancarrow, who later renounced his American citizenship because of his membership...
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    including a Canon on a Russian Popular Tune and the Double Canon. Conlon Nancarrow composed a number of canons for player piano. (See Mensuration and...
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  • tune from Pinetop Smith. In Western classical music, the composer Conlon Nancarrow was also deeply influenced by boogie-woogie, as many of his early works...
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    throughout Europe. At the time, Ligeti was interested in the music of Conlon Nancarrow, who lived in isolation in Mexico City and composed complex polyrhythmic...
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  • complete independence of line in polyphonic music. Composers such as Conlon Nancarrow, David A. Jaffe, Evgeni Kostitsyn, Kyle Gann, Kenneth Jonsson, John...
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    Stravinsky, Alfredo Casella, and Paul Hindemith; others, including Conlon Nancarrow, made it their primary milieu. The Duo-Art, Ampico, and Welte-Mignon...
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  • perspectives of a personality. Cook also indirectly cites American musician Conlon Nancarrow as a source of inspiration in the PC Music Pop Cube Trailer 1. PC Music's...
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    Garrett List, Alvin Lucier, John McGuire, Charles Morrow, J.B. Floyd (on Conlon Nancarrow), Pauline Oliveros, Charlemagne Palestine, Ben Johnston (on Harry Partch)...
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    existed long before Black MIDI, manifesting itself for example within Conlon Nancarrow's work involving player pianos, in which he punched holes in piano rolls...
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  • Garrett List, Alvin Lucier, John McGuire, Charles Morrow, J.B. Floyd (on Conlon Nancarrow), Pauline Oliveros, Charlemagne Palestine, Ben Johnston (on Harry Partch)...
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    after. John Cage hand-copied the book and later studied Cowell, and Conlon Nancarrow would refer to it years later as having "the most influence of anything...
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    Garrett List, Alvin Lucier, John McGuire, Charles Morrow, J.B. Floyd (on Conlon Nancarrow), Pauline Oliveros, Charlemagne Palestine, Ben Johnston (on Harry Partch)...
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  • wide range of styles, including the complete player piano music of Conlon Nancarrow. In the early 1980s, 1750 Arch began to wind down its operations, closing...
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    Circus Galop, a piano piece specifically designed for the player piano Conlon Nancarrow, a significant composer for the player piano Roehl, Harvey (1973)....
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    Cook's arrangements are inspired by the mechanized music of composer Conlon Nancarrow. When collaborating with other artists, he prepares an extensive demo...
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    political activist Robert Hale Merriman – American brigade chief of staff Conlon Nancarrow – Mexican-American composer George Nathan – British brigade chief of...
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    mid-1950s. Rolando Masferrer – Cuban politician and guerrilla leader. Conlon Nancarrow – Composer. Harry Wayland Randall – Chief photographer of the Photographic...
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    premiere performances were Steve Reich, Philip Glass, Lou Harrison, Conlon Nancarrow, Morton Feldman, Elliott Carter, Virgil Thomson, Frederic Rzewski,...
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    Music in the 20th Century (1997), ISBN 0-02-864655-X The Music of Conlon Nancarrow (1995), ISBN 0-521-46534-6 Music Downtown: Writings from the Village...
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    some Studies for Player Piano (Conlon Nancarrow) on tape (1964) Adaptation of some Studies for Player Piano (Conlon Nancarrow) (1969) Quest, for various objects...
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