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The Studies for Player Piano is a series of 49 études for player piano by American composer Conlon Nancarrow.Often exploring complex rhythmic variations beyond the ability of a human pianist, these compositions are some of the best-known and celebrated compositions by Nancarrow, even though they are generally not considered a set of compositions, but rather individual compositions that were ...
Music for Piano 53–68 (for piano solo or in an ensemble) (1956) Dedicated to Grete Sultan. Music for Piano 69–84 (for piano solo or in an ensemble) (1956) Both collections were composed for the same Cunningham choreography, Solo Suite in Space and Time. Music for Piano 53–68 is dedicated to, and was first performed by, Grete Sultan. [5]
Piano four hands (French: À quatre mains, German: Zu vier Händen, Vierhändig, Italian: a quattro mani) is a type of piano duet involving two players playing the same piano simultaneously. [1] A duet with the players playing separate instruments is generally referred to as a piano duo .
Piano Sonata No. 5 (Opus archimagicum) Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji 6–7 hours 336 (manuscript) [11] [12] A3 Movements 8 and 9 from the 10-movement work have been premiered by Tellef Johnson. [12] Inner Cities 1–14: Alvin Curran: 6 hours Premiered and recorded by Daan Vandewalle. November: Dennis Johnson: 6 hours 6 (manuscript) [13]
And many recent recordings of pop music demonstrate how music is killed by a metronome for they are as square as a draftsman's T. For the convenience of recording engineers, each player has to record their part on a separate track while listening to a click track – a metronome – and the clicks are then used to synchronize the tracks while ...
Cage wrote it in 1987 for organ, as an adaptation of his 1985 composition ASLSP for piano. A performance of the piano version usually lasts 20 to 70 minutes. [2] An organ in St. Burchardi church in Halberstadt in 2001 began a performance that is due to end in 2640. This makes it the longest running non-computerized piece currently being performed.
A musical clock is a clock that marks the hours of the day with a musical tune. They can be considered elaborate versions of striking or chiming clocks. [1] Elaborate large-scale musical clocks with automatons are often installed in public places and are widespread in Japan. Unlike conventional electronic musical clocks, these clocks plays pre ...
Most rolls used one of three musical scales. The 65-note format, with a playing range of A1 to C♯7, was introduced in 1896 in the United States, specifically for piano music. In 1900, an American format playing all 88 notes of the standard piano scale (A0 to C8) was introduced. In 1902, a German 72-note scale (F1, G1 to E7) was introduced.