For years, Conlon Nancarrow's Studies for Player Piano existed only in two fragile and ephemeral media -- as paper piano rolls and on electromagnetic analog tapes of performances made before the player piano for which Nancarrow composed them ceased to function. It's extremely nervous making to think that such an important musical legacy was subject to the natural processes of the paper and tape degrading, and that when they were gone, nothing would be left. The musical world can breathe a sigh of relief that Nancarrow's ...
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For years, Conlon Nancarrow's Studies for Player Piano existed only in two fragile and ephemeral media -- as paper piano rolls and on electromagnetic analog tapes of performances made before the player piano for which Nancarrow composed them ceased to function. It's extremely nervous making to think that such an important musical legacy was subject to the natural processes of the paper and tape degrading, and that when they were gone, nothing would be left. The musical world can breathe a sigh of relief that Nancarrow's work has been securely preserved, thanks largely to the dedication of Jürgen Hocker, who has meticulously made copies of the original piano rolls and has restored two player pianos with fast enough action to play the ridiculously fast music, which can sometimes move at the rate of over 200 notes per second. Hocker worked with Nancarrow late in the composer's life, and was able to find out his preferences for tempi and for the ideal sound of the piano, so these realizations can be...
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