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

[David P Miller]

Hello, Matt -- yes, contacting Gordon Mumma is a good suggestion. Who 
knows, the Getty tape could be an artifact from this event.

Best wishes,

David

On Tue, 20 Feb 2007, Matt Rogalsky wrote:

> 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