Conlon Nancarrow

Conlon Nancarrow
Nancarrow in 1987
Born
Samuel Conlon Nancarrow

(1912-10-27)October 27, 1912
Texarkana, Arkansas, U.S.
DiedAugust 10, 1997(1997-08-10) (aged 84)
Mexico City, Mexico
OccupationComposer
Known forStudies for Player Piano

Samuel Conlon Nancarrow (/nænˈkæroʊ/; October 27, 1912 – August 10, 1997) was a US-born Mexican composer. Nancarrow is best remembered for his Studies for Player Piano, being one of the first composers to use auto-playing musical instruments, realizing their potential to play far beyond human performance ability. He lived most of his life in relative isolation and did not become widely known until the 1980s.

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