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"freeing for the first time the act of composition from the ability to play an instrument". I think the player piano, invented in 1896, might have something to
by ksherlock 2y ago
"freeing for the first time the act of composition from the ability to play an instrument". I think the player piano, invented in 1896, might have something to say about that. There are modern recordings of piano rolls (eg, Scott Joplin) but I'm wondering if they were ever used like that historically (or in concert). You could make your own piano rolls or record a performance and edit out mistakes (eg, Scott Joplin)
- tanseydavid 2y agoThe master rolls for player pianos were made by actual pro players playing in real time. They needed to have the performance chops, even if they maybe were not the composer in every case. This quote about "separation of composition from performance" applies when you are working with a sequencer because the composer can "step-edit" the musical data note-by-note into the sequencer and then have the sequencer play it back in proper musical (real) time.