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February 20, 2013 02:05 pm PST
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Insanely frenetic music composed for player piano
Greg Ross of Futility Closet wrote about composer Conlon Nancarrow, who wrote piano music unplayable by humans. Born in Texarkana in 1912, Conlon Nancarrow had no access to technology that could realize the music in his head. He studied music briefly and played trumpet in venues ranging from beer halls to cruise ships, but he [...]Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/vLnHlyXB-CA/insanely-frenetic-music-compos.html
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