Charles Amirkhanian Collection ➔ Player piano rolls, Mexico City, (1977)
Still image
Identifier
IM.CA.PC.0051.005Dates
1977 | createdWork Type
Photographic printImage Series
A Visit with Conlon Nancarrow in Mexico (1977)Description
A shelf holding many of the original player piano rolls of Conlon Nancarrow, a composer who used a machine to manually punch holes in the roles to create rapid and complex rhythmic patterns that are largely impossible to play with human hands.Genres & Subjects
Black-and-white printsStudios
Player piano rolls