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== Other composers, arrangers, performers, and compositions == * [[Ferrante & Teicher]] were an American piano duo who produced over a hundred albums of light classical and popular "easy listening" in their long careers (1947–1992). Between 1950 and 1980 they included partially prepared pianos on a number of their tunes to add percussive effects.<ref>Huey, Steve; Rovi. "Ferrante & Teicher Biography". CMT. Retrieved 28 October 2010.</ref> * On "[[All Tomorrow's Parties (song)|All Tomorrow's Parties]]" from ''[[The Velvet Underground & Nico]]'' (1967), [[John Cale]] prepared his piano with a chain of [[paper clip]]s.<ref>Mitchell, Tim ''Sedition and Alchemy : A Biography of John Cale'', 2003, {{ISBN|0-7206-1132-6}}</ref> * On his 1968 album ''Blues Roots'', [[Dave Brubeck]] prepared a piano by laying copper strips across the strings to give the song "Blues Roots" a honky-tonk sound.<ref>Liner notes from album ''Blues Roots'' (1968) by Gerry Mulligan and the Dave Brubeck Trio</ref> * [[Denman Maroney]] performs on what he has dubbed 'hyperpiano', which "involves stopping, sliding, bowing, plucking, striking and strumming the strings with copper bars, aluminum bowls, rubber blocks, plastic boxes and other household objects."<ref>{{cite web | title=Philadelphia FRINGE Festival 2000 - Hyperpiano |url=http://www.pafringe.com/F2000/reform/hyperpiano.htm | access-date=2005-12-23 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071231171028/http://www.pafringe.com/F2000/reform/hyperpiano.htm |archive-date = 2007-12-31}}.</ref> * [[Cor Fuhler]] pioneered many inside piano techniques during the 1980s and recorded his first prepared piano solo album ''7CC IN IO'' on GeestGronden in 1995; recorded ''The Hands of Caravaggio'' with [[John Tilbury]] and [[M.I.M.E.O.]] on the USA label [[Erstwhile Records]]; and in 2007 he released ''Stengam'' on the French label Potlatch.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/7-cc-in-10-mw0000725533|website=allmusic.com|language=en|access-date=2018-08-09|title=7 CC in 10 - Cor Fuhler | Songs, Reviews, Credits}}</ref> * Since 1982, [[Roger Miller (rock musician)|Roger Miller]] has developed his own take on prepared piano in his work, initially on Mission of Burma's single "Trem II". Miller has since released many albums (on labels including Ace of Hearts, SST, New Alliance, Atavistic and Matador) incorporating this technique. His concert hall compositions since 2009 have often utilized prepared piano.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Music: Roger Miller|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/06/05/arts/music-roger-miller.html|first=Jon|last=Pareles|author-link=Jon Pareles|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=1987-06-05|access-date=2014-02-15}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Fuse Feature: M2 — 'At Land's Edge' Album Review/Interview |url=http://artsfuse.org/63195/fuse-feature-m2-at-lands-edge-album-reviewinterview/ |first=Kathleen |last=Burke |publisher=The Arts Fuse |work=ArtsFuse.org |date=2012-06-19 |access-date=2014-02-15}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Mush Race of Boston: The SICPP 2013 Iditarod |url=http://www.newmusicbox.org/articles/the-mush-race-of-boston-the-sicpp-2013-iditarod/ |first=Jennie |last=Gottschalk |publisher=New Music USA |work=NewMusicBox.org |date=2013-07-02 |access-date=2014-02-15}}</ref> * On his 1975 album ''[[Another Green World]]'', composer [[Brian Eno]] employed prepared piano on the track "Little Fishes".<ref>{{Cite book|title=Brian Eno: His Music and the Vertical Color of Sound|last=Tamm|first=Eric|publisher=Da Capo Press|year=1995|pages=127|quote="In 'Little Fishes,' Eno plays prepared piano and Farfisa organ."}}</ref> He also played it on [[David Bowie]]'s [[Lodger (album)|Lodger]] (1979) album.<ref>{{cite book |last1=O'Leary |first1=Chris |title=Ashes to Ashes The Songs of David Bowie, 1976-2016 |date=2019 |publisher=Watkins Media}}</ref> * [[Hauschka]], aka Volker Bertelmann, employed prepared piano techniques in his album ''The Prepared Piano'' in 2005.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/hauschka-mn0000317960/discography|title=Hauschka {{!}} Album Discography {{!}} AllMusic|website=AllMusic|access-date=2017-07-14}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/182737-Hauschka|title=Hauschka|website=Discogs|language=en|access-date=2017-07-14}}</ref> * Several [[Aphex Twin]] compositions from the 2001 album ''[[Drukqs]]'' make use of prepared piano.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://warp.net/news/richard-aphex-john-cage-and-the-prepared-piano/|website=warp.net|language=en|access-date=2018-03-15|title=WARP}}</ref> * The third movement of [[John Mackey (composer)|John Mackey's]] wind symphony, ''Wine-Dark Sea'', utilizes piano prepared with glass rods.<ref>John Mackey, ''Wine-Dark Sea'', (San Francisco, Osti Music, 2014), 3, https://www.johnmackey.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Wine-Dark_Sea-perusal.pdf</ref> The combination of the glass rods, as well as a spoon scraped over the strings, work to create a dissonant "fingernails on chalkboard," setting the scene of Odysseus in the underworld.<ref>Sweet, Jonathan C., "JOHN MACKEY’S WINE-DARK SEA: SYMPHONY FOR BAND A DISCOURSE AND ANALYSIS OF JOHN MACKEY’S SYMPHONY FOR BAND" (2019). Theses and Dissertations--Music. 148. https://uknowledge.uky.edu/music_etds/148</ref> * [[Kristin Hayter]], while on tour under the moniker Lingua Ignota, has performed on a piano prepared with forks, clothes pins, fishing wire with heavy rosin, bells, chains, and a clamp lamp.<ref>{{Cite tweet |author=Kristin Hayter |author-link=Kristin Hayter |user=LINGUA_IGNOTA_ |number=1523050397157502976 |title=I am here in New York at @lprnyc for the first of two sold out shows! They have provided me with cheezits, cheezit socks, and I have prepared the piano. All is well}}</ref><ref>{{Cite tweet |author=Kristin Hayter |author-link=Kristin Hayter |user=LINGUA_IGNOTA_ |number=1524734721107935234 |title=For those curious, the piano has been prepared with: forks, clothes pins, fishing wire (with heavy rosin), bells from the record, chains, and a clamp lamp.}} </ref> * [[Kelly Moran (musician)|Kelly Moran]], an American composer and producer makes extensive use of prepared piano techniques on her 2017 album ''[[bloodroot (album)|Bloodroot]]''.
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