A01=Jurgen Hocker
Author_Jurgen Hocker
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Product details
- ISBN 9780739172858
- Weight: 581g
- Dimensions: 159 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 18 May 2012
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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Conlon Nancarrow (1912–1997) was an American-Mexican composer whose works for the player piano exhibit a level of innovation and complexity which remains unmatched even today—his catalogue of works is often considered the Well-Tempered Clavier of the twentieth century. Encounters with Conlon Nancarrow, by Jürgen Hocker, is the first extensive biography of Nancarrow. Hocker gives insight to the life and personality of the often reclusive Nancarrow, making use of many as-yet-unpublished sources and interviews as well as a timeline and a comprehensive catalogue of Nancarrow's works. Encounters with Conlon Nancarrow is an indispensable reference book for musicians, musicologists, and player piano collectors, but it is also sure to appeal to anyone with a particular interest in American contemporary music.
Jürgen Hocker was president of Society of Automatic Musical Instruments International for twenty years, becoming one of the leading experts for mechanical instruments and their music. He performed Conlon Nancarrow's studies for player piano with his Ampico Bösendorfer all over Europe and visited the composer several times in Mexico, where he carried out extensive archiving in Nancarrow's studio. He has been honored with several awards including the Q. David Bowers Literary Award and the Echo Classic Prize.
