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  2. From: alves@calvin.usc.edu (William Alves)
  3. Newsgroups: rec.music.compose
  4. Subject: Re: academia, power, priveledge...
  5. Date: 31 Dec 1992 14:21:30 -0800
  6. Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
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  8. Message-ID: <1hvrpaINNn8@calvin.usc.edu>
  9. References: <1992Dec23.202529.29725@zip.eecs.umich.edu> <1hb0hbINNkru@agate.berkeley.edu>
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  12. In article <1hb0hbINNkru@agate.berkeley.edu> maverick@cork.CS.Berkeley.EDU (Vance Maverick) writes:
  13.  
  14. >His name is "Conlon" Nancarrow.  He moved to Mexico long before gaining
  15. >any recognition -- the US government hassled him on political grounds.
  16.  
  17. Yeah, for fighting against Facism in the Spanish Civil War.
  18.  
  19. >All the awards etc. date from since his rediscovery in the 70's, thanks
  20. >to Charles Amirkhanian and 1750 Arch Records.  Privilege?  Belated
  21. >recognition.
  22.  
  23. >Scanning the Wergo booklet, I can't figure out how he supported himself
  24. >between 1940 and 1980 -- not that it matters.
  25.  
  26. I've wondered about this myself. In my readings I've found that he made
  27. money through translation, but that's all I've found. Mexico does have
  28. a low cost of living, of course.
  29.  
  30. Bill
  31.  
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