Kyle Gann Books
Charles Ives's Concord: Essays after a Sonata
By Kyle Gann
In 1921, insurance executive Charles Ives sent out copies of a piano sonata to two hundred strangers. Laden with dissonant chords, complex rhythm, and a seemingly chaotic structure, the so-called C...
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The Music of Conlon Nancarrow
By Kyle Gann
The expatriate American experimentalist composer Conlon Nancarrow is increasingly recognised as having one of the most innovative musical minds of this century. His music, almost all written for pl...
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