Etudes Modernes

Composer

Conlon Nancarrow

Music

Studies for Player piano:
Pathétique
Espagnole
Hystérique
Plastique

Premiere Date

February 13, 1981

Premiere Venue

Jersey City Museum

Premiere Location

Jersey City, NJ

Number of Dancers

4

past performances

Details

In 1982, Morris recast this work with all women, deleted its musical introduction ("Prelude"), and meshed its remaining four parts with the three parts of the 1982 jr high, an all-male dance also set to Nancarrow's player-piano studies. The cast of the final section, "Plastique," was expanded from 4 to 13.