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

[Matt Rogalsky]

It would be worth contacting Gordon Mumma to ask what his  
recollection is of this event.

I noted, on a visit to the Getty, an "unidentified piano work," item  
C271 in the Tudor collection which turned out to be Nancarrow studies  
-- the description of the original format reads

> 1 archival master, on 2 1/4" reel-to-reel tapes [recording split  
> between 2 reels because of its length (43 min, 39 sec)]

Perhaps these were reels used in performance?
Just guessing...

 From a quick look through the catalog (which isn't accessible online  
for some reason) I don't think there are any other Nancarrow items  
among the Tudor tapes.

best,
matt r

On 19-Feb-07, at 7:29 PM, David P Miller wrote:

> 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.

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