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Conlon Nancarrow

Conlon Nancarrow has been played over 10 times on NTS, first on 20 August 2016. Conlon Nancarrow's music has been featured on 13 episodes.

Conlon Nancarrow (b. October 27, 1912, Texarkana - d. August 10, 1997, Mexico City) was an American-born composer who lived most of his life in Mexico. Nancarrow is remembered almost exclusively for the pieces he wrote for the player piano. He was one of the first composers to use musical instruments as mechanical machines, utilising their capacity to play complex polyrhythms at tempos far beyond human performance ability. Not becoming widely known until the 1980s, Nancarrow lived most of his life…

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Studies For Player Piano
Conlon Nancarrow, Ensemble Modern, Ingo Metzmacher
BMG Classics, RCA Victor Red Seal1993
Studies For Player Piano
Conlon Nancarrow, Ensemble Modern, Ingo MetzmacherBMG Classics, RCA Victor Red Seal1993
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Study No. 21 "X"
Conlon Nancarrow
Vereinigte Motor-Verlage GmbH & Co. KG2019
Study No. 21 "X"
Conlon NancarrowVereinigte Motor-Verlage GmbH & Co. KG2019
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Study For Player Piano No. 4
Conlon Nancarrow
WERGO1991
Study For Player Piano No. 4
Conlon NancarrowWERGO1991
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Study For Player Piano No. 4
Conlon Nancarrow
WERGO1999
Study For Player Piano No. 4
Conlon NancarrowWERGO1999
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Piece No. 2 For Small Orchestra (1986)
Conlon Nancarrow, Continuum
Musicmasters1991
Piece No. 2 For Small Orchestra (1986)
Conlon Nancarrow, ContinuumMusicmasters1991
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Study No. 7
Conlon Nancarrow
1750 Arch Records1981
Study No. 7
Conlon Nancarrow1750 Arch Records1981
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Studies For Player Piano - Study #36
Conlon Nancarrow
New World Records1976
Studies For Player Piano - Study #36
Conlon NancarrowNew World Records1976
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Studies For Player Piano - Study #27
Conlon Nancarrow
New World Records1976
Studies For Player Piano - Study #27
Conlon NancarrowNew World Records1976
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Study For Player Piano No. 22
Conlon Nancarrow
WERGO1991
Study For Player Piano No. 22
Conlon NancarrowWERGO1991
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Study For Player Piano No. 20
Conlon Nancarrow
WERGO1991
Study For Player Piano No. 20
Conlon NancarrowWERGO1991
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