MDG Scene's Player Piano Vol. 4: Piano Music without Limits, curated by Jürgen Hocker, is devoted to early player piano works that historically serve as "impressive examples of early twentieth century machine aesthetics and may also be regarded as the forerunners of Conlon Nancarrow's Studies for Player Piano." It examines a number of European compositions written directly for player piano systems; Stravinsky, Malipiero, and Casella's compositions for the Aeolian, George Antheil's Ballet mécanique as adapted by Hocker, Petr ...
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MDG Scene's Player Piano Vol. 4: Piano Music without Limits, curated by Jürgen Hocker, is devoted to early player piano works that historically serve as "impressive examples of early twentieth century machine aesthetics and may also be regarded as the forerunners of Conlon Nancarrow's Studies for Player Piano." It examines a number of European compositions written directly for player piano systems; Stravinsky, Malipiero, and Casella's compositions for the Aeolian, George Antheil's Ballet mécanique as adapted by Hocker, Petr Kotik's 1974 realization of a Marcel Duchamp score, and works commissioned by the firm of M. Welte & Sons for the Donaueschingen Festivals of 1926 and 1927. Igor Stravinsky's Étude for Pianola, once deemed "lost," is not only found but, by 2007, was somewhat familiar through previous recordings both as a multi-hand work and played from its roll. In Hocker's realization, the glissandi are realized as a wash of hammers rather than consisting of distinct notes; rather different from...
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