Encounters with Conlon Nancarrow by Hocker, Jurgen

Encounters with Conlon Nancarrow (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780739172858)

Vendor: Jurgen Hocker
Product type: Books
Format: Hardcover
$133.00
$133.00
$133.00
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Encounters with Conlon Nancarrow by Hocker, Jurgen

Encounters with Conlon Nancarrow

$133.00
Encounters with Conlon Nancarrow by Hocker, Jurgen

Encounters with Conlon Nancarrow

$133.00
Format: Hardcover
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Encounters with Conlon Nancarrow, by J?rgen Hocker, is the first extensive biography of the American-Mexican composer whose works for the player piano exhibit an innovation and complexity which remains unmatched. Hocker gives insight to the life and personality of the often reclusive Nancarrow, making use of many as-yet-unpublished sources and interviews as well as a timeline and a comprehensive catalogue of Nancarrow's works.


Author: Jurgen Hocker
ISBN-10: 0739172859
ISBN-13: 9780739172858
Publisher: Rlpg/Galleys
Language: English
Published: 05/18/2012
Pages: 276
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.25lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.90d
By Jurgen Hocker
By Jurgen Hocker
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Jürgen Hocker was president of Society of Automatic Musical Instruments International for twenty years, becoming one of the leading experts for mechanical instruments and their music. He performed Conlon Nancarrow's studies for player piano with his Ampico Bösendorfer all over Europe and visited the composer several times in Mexico, where he carried out extensive archiving in Nancarrow's studio. He has been honored with several awards including the Q. David Bowers Literary Award and the Echo Classic Prize.

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