Table of Contents

Preface; 1. The music: general considerations; 2. A biographical sketch; 3. Foreshadowings: the early works; 4. Blues years: the ostinato studies; 5. Isorhythm: the numbers game; 6. Canon: phase 1; 7. Stretching time: the acceleration studies; 8. Beyond counterpoint: the sound-mass canons; 9. Synthesizing a language; 10. After the player piano; Notes; Discography; Select bibliography; Scores; Index.

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Study of Conlon Nancarrow, composer of the world's most rhythmically complex music.

Reviews

'… excellent new title by Village Voice critic Kyle Gann, the first book on the composer and a compendious survey of his work.' Wire