The Dizzying Math of Conlon Nancarrow

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0:00 Introduction
0:26 I: Portrait of a Communist as a Young Man
3:48 II: Into Exile
7:48 III: The Player Piano
12:23 IV: The Studies
32:36 V: The Just Intonation of Time
38:49 VI: Rediscovery
41:32 VII: Beyond the Player Piano

📚 Sources/further reading:
“The Music of Conlon Nancarrow” by Kyle Gann (Cambridge University Press, 1995)
“Selected ’Studies’ for Player Piano by Conlon Nancarrow: Sources, Working Methods, and Compositional Strategies” by Helena Bugallo (PhD dissertation, SUNY Buffalo, 2004)
“Temporal Friction in Conlon Nancarrow’s Study No. 36 for Player Piano” by Jonathan Wesley Wilkes (PhD dissertation, UC Davis, 2009)
“Conlon Nancarrow’s ‘Temporal Dissonance’: Rhythmic and Textural Stratification in the Studies for Player Piano” by Margaret Elida Thomas (PhD dissertation, Yale, 1996)
https://www.bruceduffie.com/nancarrow...

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Music:

Thomas Little Wingate: Dance! #2, performed by Rachel Fellows, Michael King, and Bruce Tippette
Conlon Nancarrow: Studies for Player Piano
Conlon Nancarrow: Septet (1940), performed by the Ives Ensemble:   / conlon-nancarrow-septet-ives-ensemble  
Conlon Nancarrow: Trio #1 (1940), performed by David Krakauer, Celeste Marie Roy, and Joel Sachs:    • Conlon Nancarrow - Trio No. 1  
Conlon Nancarrow: Study #15, transcribed by Yvar Mikhashoff, performed by Imri Talgam:    • Conlon Nancarrow- Study 15 (live), Imri Ta...  
Conlon Nancarrow: Study #16, transcribed by Yvar Mikhashoff, performed by Ensemble Modern conducted by Ingo Metzmacher:    • Studies for Player Piano: Study No. 19  
Conlon Nancarrow: Study #6, grand piano version:    • Rex Lawson, Pianola legend, plays Nancarrow  
Conlon Nancarrow: Study #30:    • Study No. 30 For Prepared Piano (undated) ...  
Conlon Nancarrow: String Quartet #3, performed by the Aizuri Quartet:    • Conlon Nancarrow - String Quartet No. 3 (1...  
Conlon Nancarrow: Piece for Tape:    • Conlon Nancarrow: Piece for Tape  

Player piano footage:    • "Tip-Toe Thru The Tulips With Me" On A 191...  

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