Charles Amirkhanian Collection ➔ Conlon Nancarrow, half length portrait, adjusting roll in player piano, back towards camera, Mexico City, (1977)
Still image
Identifier
IM.CA.PC.0051.016Dates
1977 | createdWork Type
Photographic printImage Class
Composer & Performer PortraitsImage Series
A Visit with Conlon Nancarrow in Mexico (1977)Description
Conlon Nancarrow adjusting a roll of music in a player piano with his back to the camera, in his Mexico City home studio in 1977. Nancarrow 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--1970-1980Men
Composers
Player pianos
Player piano music
Image Ownership
Charles AmirkhanianPhoto Credits
Charles AmirkhanianRelated place
Mexico City (Mexico) (depicts)Related Entities
Amirkhanian, CharlesNancarrow, Conlon, 1912-1997