Getting rid of the middleman

On Fri, 10 Dec 1999, John Link wrote:
> What? Do you really think that a computer-generated sequence of sounds is
> in the same category as live performance by human beings? I've heard
> musicians complain about the work they lose because of DJ's playing
> recorded music, but do we now have *composers* who want to remove the human
> element entirely from performance?

Conlon Nancarrow, Conlon Nancarrow, please pick up the white courtesy
telephone . . .

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>From: Paul Hahn <Paul-Hahn@library.wustl.edu>
>
>Conlon Nancarrow, Conlon Nancarrow, please pick up the white courtesy
>telephone . . .

I don't get it. Who is Conlon Nancarrow?

John Link

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John Link wrote:

> From: johnlink@con2.com (John Link)
>
> >From: Paul Hahn <Paul-Hahn@library.wustl.edu>
> >
> >Conlon Nancarrow, Conlon Nancarrow, please pick up the white courtesy
> >telephone . . .
>
> I don't get it. Who is Conlon Nancarrow?

!!!

He was an American composer who lived in exile
in Mexico City. His music was so complex that
he resorted to using a player piano, cutting the rolls
himself. Most of his work are canons where each voice
is in a different tempo. If my memory serves well enough...

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American communist ? who spent a majority of his time punching holes for player
piano wackadelics
Ensemble modern did a nice interpretation a few years back
Mr Penderecki your table is ready......

John Link wrote:

> From: johnlink@con2.com (John Link)
>
> >From: Paul Hahn <Paul-Hahn@library.wustl.edu>
> >
> >Conlon Nancarrow, Conlon Nancarrow, please pick up the white courtesy
> >telephone . . .
>
> I don't get it. Who is Conlon Nancarrow?
>
> John Link
>
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> Watch for the CD "Live at Saint Peter's" by John Link's vocal quintet,
> featuring original compositions as well as arrangements of instrumental
> music by Brahe and Taylor, Chick Corea, Miles Davis, Claude Debussy, Bill
> Evans, Ennio and Andrea Morricone, Modeste Mussorgsky, Erik Satie, and Earl
> Zindars.
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>>Conlon Nancarrow, Conlon Nancarrow, please pick up the white courtesy
>>telephone . . .
>
>I don't get it. Who is Conlon Nancarrow?

One of the most important composers of the millenium. A search for "Conlon
Nancarrow" on Google gives the following URL's (among others)...

http://home.earthlink.net/~kgann/index2.html
http://www.otherminds.org/Nancarrow.html
http://news.mpr.org/features/199710/29_bakera_nancarrow/
http://www.furious.com/perfect/conlonnancarrow.html

-Carl

From: David Beardsley <xouoxno@home.com>

>He was an American composer who lived in exile in Mexico City.

Actually, I remember reading that he was a citizen of both the US and
Mexico. I don't believe he was ever exiled from the US. He just preferred
Mexico.

-Carl

he was an communist and escaped the Mcarthy foonery to mexico

Carl Lumma wrote:

> From: Carl Lumma <clumma@nni.com>
>
> From: David Beardsley <xouoxno@home.com>
>
> >He was an American composer who lived in exile in Mexico City.
>
> Actually, I remember reading that he was a citizen of both the US and
> Mexico. I don't believe he was ever exiled from the US. He just preferred
> Mexico.
>
> -Carl
>

Carl Lumma wrote:

> From: Carl Lumma <clumma@nni.com>
>
> From: David Beardsley <xouoxno@home.com>
>
> >He was an American composer who lived in exile in Mexico City.
>
> Actually, I remember reading that he was a citizen of both the US and
> Mexico. I don't believe he was ever exiled from the US. He just preferred
> Mexico.

He fought in the Spanish Civil war and the American goverment
wouldn't let him back in. [more un-checked facts...]

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