[silence] 1969: "The Music of Conlon Nancarrow"

[David P Miller]

Hello everyone,

Here's a bit of a puzzle. Nothing urgent, but a matter of curiosity. I was
reading a "Playbill" theater program, for the Cunningham Company's
performances at the Billy Rose Theater, NYC, January 1969. That series
included one afternoon performance titled "The Music of Conlon Nancarrow,"
with Cage, Tudor, Gordon Mumma, Viola Farber, and Peter Saul credited as
performing. The program note mentions that, after a meeting in Mexico
City, Nancarrow "suggested the idea of [his Studies for Player Piano]
being electronically varied in live performance. Thus, the nature of this
concert is a collaborative performance of electronic music, theatre, and
dance, which has as its core a selection of the Nancarrow Studies."

Does anyone know of any further documentation of this event? I have looked
online at the David Tudor Archives at the Getty and the catalog of the
Performing Arts Collection at Lincoln Center. Also made an inquiry with
the Cunningham Foundation archives, but nothing. It would be interesting,
I think, to fill in this gap in our collective knowledge if we could.

Best wishes,

David M.
dpmiller@world.std.com
Jamaica Plain, Mass.