{"product_id":"the-music-of-conlon-nancarrow-paperback-9780521028073","title":"The Music of Conlon Nancarrow (Paperback \/ softback) 9780521028073","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Music of Conlon Nancarrow\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eStudy of Conlon Nancarrow, composer of the world's most rhythmically complex music.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eKyle Gann (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521028073, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 2 November 2006\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e316 pages, 117 music examples\u003cbr\u003e24.4 x 17 x 1.8 cm, 0.504 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'… excellent new title by Village Voice critic Kyle Gann, the first book on the composer and a compendious survey of his work.' Wire\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e 1. The music: general considerations\u003cbr\u003e 2. A biographical sketch\u003cbr\u003e 3. Foreshadowings: the early works\u003cbr\u003e 4. Blues years: the ostinato studies\u003cbr\u003e 5. Isorhythm: the numbers game\u003cbr\u003e 6. Canon: phase 1\u003cbr\u003e 7. Stretching time: the acceleration studies\u003cbr\u003e 8. Beyond counterpoint: the sound-mass canons\u003cbr\u003e 9. Synthesizing a language\u003cbr\u003e 10. After the player piano\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Discography\u003cbr\u003e Select bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Scores\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Individual composers \u0026amp; musicians, specific bands \u0026amp; groups [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Individual composers \u0026amp; musicians, specific bands \u0026amp; groups\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Individual%20composers%20\u0026amp;%20musicians,%20specific%20bands%20\u0026amp;%20groups%20%5BAVH%5D%22\"\u003eAVH\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46001012113688,"sku":"9780521028073","price":24.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521028073i_1b854210-7ebd-419e-9acd-b601cd55bfbf.jpg?v=1694964798","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-music-of-conlon-nancarrow-paperback-9780521028073","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}