Conlon Nancarrow, half length portrait, in front of player piano, head turned towards camera, Mexico City, (1977)

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Charles Amirkhanian Collection ➔ Conlon Nancarrow, half length portrait, in front of player piano, head turned towards camera, Mexico City, (1977)

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Identifier
IM.CA.PC.0051.015
Dates
1977 | created
Work Type
Photographic print
Image Class
Composer & Performer Portraits
Image Series
A Visit with Conlon Nancarrow in Mexico (1977)
Description
Conlon Nancarrow adjusting a roll of music in a player piano while looking at the camera, in his Mexico City home studio in 1977. Conlon was a modern composer who specialized in works for the player piano. His compositions are famous for their rapid and complex rhythmic patterns that are largely impossible to play with human hands.
Genres & Subjects
Portrait photographs--1970-1980
Men
Composers
Image Ownership
Charles Amirkhanian
Photo Credits
Charles Amirkhanian
Related place
Mexico City (Mexico) (was created at)
Related Entities
Amirkhanian, Charles
Nancarrow, Conlon, 1912-1997