Add to ORKGThe pieces on this record have in common that they were written for piano--but for a piano altered in some way. Henry Cowell's pieces ask the pianist to produce tones inside the piano, rather than at the keyboard. Conlon Nancarrow's Studies are written for player piano. John Cage's Sonatas and Interludes are for prepared piano, an ordinary piano producing quite different sounds because various objects have been placed between some of the strings. Ben Johnston's Sonata for Microtonal Piano is performed on an instrument with radically altered tuning. It is not surprising that American composers have written music for piano from the beginning of serious composition in this country to the present day, for the piano has been ...
From virtually the beginning of the twentieth century, musicians were sufficiently intrigued by the ...
The relationship between piano manufacturer and composer is interactive, and consequently both compo...
The relationship between piano manufacturer and composer is interactive, and consequently both compo...
As traditional methods and goals of composition were challenged in the twentieth century, America...
Twentieth century composers of music for the piano often make use of certain unusual effects that pr...
A piano is a musical instrument, a product of recent rationalism. It began to be practically used mo...
A piano is a musical instrument, a product of recent rationalism. It began to be practically used mo...
A piano is a musical instrument, a product of recent rationalism. It began to be practically used mo...
The piano's role in art song repertoire has evolved from a modest one during its formative years to ...
Since the eighteenth century, the piano has been one of the dominant instruments for musical express...
Since the eighteenth century, the piano has been one of the dominant instruments for musical express...
The object of this work is not only the prepared piano itself. The main content became an adjustment...
The four works selected incorporate a number of the innovations that Henry Cowell brought to writing...
This album presents American piano music from the later part of the nineteenth century to the beginn...
Extensive research by internationally renowned pianist David Owen Norris about a peculiar, tiny squa...
From virtually the beginning of the twentieth century, musicians were sufficiently intrigued by the ...
The relationship between piano manufacturer and composer is interactive, and consequently both compo...
The relationship between piano manufacturer and composer is interactive, and consequently both compo...
As traditional methods and goals of composition were challenged in the twentieth century, America...
Twentieth century composers of music for the piano often make use of certain unusual effects that pr...
A piano is a musical instrument, a product of recent rationalism. It began to be practically used mo...
A piano is a musical instrument, a product of recent rationalism. It began to be practically used mo...
A piano is a musical instrument, a product of recent rationalism. It began to be practically used mo...
The piano's role in art song repertoire has evolved from a modest one during its formative years to ...
Since the eighteenth century, the piano has been one of the dominant instruments for musical express...
Since the eighteenth century, the piano has been one of the dominant instruments for musical express...
The object of this work is not only the prepared piano itself. The main content became an adjustment...
The four works selected incorporate a number of the innovations that Henry Cowell brought to writing...
This album presents American piano music from the later part of the nineteenth century to the beginn...
Extensive research by internationally renowned pianist David Owen Norris about a peculiar, tiny squa...
From virtually the beginning of the twentieth century, musicians were sufficiently intrigued by the ...
The relationship between piano manufacturer and composer is interactive, and consequently both compo...
The relationship between piano manufacturer and composer is interactive, and consequently both compo...