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Conlon Nancarrow Study for Player Piano no. 5 (02:39)

Conlon Nancarrow (1912-1997): Study for Player Piano No. 5 (written between 1948-1960) Recorded on Nancarrow's custom-altered 1927 Ampico Reproducing piano at the studio of the composer in Mexico City, 1988. Is there...

Conlon Nancarrow, study no.11 for player piano (03:50)

The late, great Mexican-in-exile, Nancarrow, with his study no.11, performed here by a Bösendorfer Grand Piano with Ampico Player Piano mechanism.

Conlon Nancarrow, Studies 2B, 3a, 3e and 5 for Player Piano (08:49)

For Bösendorfer Grand Piano with Ampico Player Piano mechanism

Conlon Nancarrow (08:03)

Conlon Nancarrow & Juan O´Gorman

kasper plays nancarrow (00:30)

kasper janse plays nancarrow in the pianolamuseum westerstraat amsterdam

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Conlon Nancarrow Biography

Conlon Nancarrow (October 27 1912 – August 10 1997) was a U.S.-born composer who lived and worked in Mexico for most of his life. He became a Mexican citizen in 1955.

Nancarrow is best remembered for the pieces he wrote for the player piano. He was one of the first composers to use musical instruments as mechanical machines, making them play far beyond human performance ability. He lived most of his life in relative isolation, not becoming widely known until the 1980s. Today, he is remembered as one of the most original and unusual composers of the 20th century.

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