Editing Conlon Nancarrow (section)

===Later life===
In 1976–77, [[Peter Garland (composer)|Peter Garland]] began publishing Nancarrow's scores in his ''Soundings'' journal, and [[Charles Amirkhanian]] began releasing recordings of the player piano works on the [[1750 Arch Records|1750 Arch]] label. Thus, at age 65, Nancarrow started coming to wide public attention. He became better known in the 1980s and was lauded by many, including [[György Ligeti]], as one of the most significant composers of the century.

In 1982, he received a [[MacArthur Fellowship|MacArthur Award]] which paid him $300,000 over 5 years. This increased interest in his work prompted him to write for conventional instruments, and he composed several works for small ensembles.

In 1987, a composer and instrument builder named Trimpin would work with Nancarrow to preserve his pieces in an early MIDI format using his piano roll reader. Then, from that data, the music could be converted into relevant mediums such as the cassette tape and the floppy disk.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Murphy |first1=Jim |last2=Trimpin |date=December 1, 2017 |title=Transcoding Nancarrow at the Dawn of the Age of MIDI: The Preservation and Use of Conlon Nancarrow's Player Piano Studies |url=https://direct.mit.edu/lmj/article/69461 |journal=Leonardo Music Journal |language=en |volume=27 |pages=33–34 |doi=10.1162/LMJ_a_01005 |issn=0961-1215|url-access=subscription }}</ref>

Nancarrow was married to [[:es:Annette Nancarrow|Annette Margolis Nancarrow]] (grandmother of the writer [[Bret Stephens]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kylegann.com/cnlife.html |title=Conlon Nancarrow: A Chronology |publisher=Kylegann.com |date=1997-08-10 |access-date=2012-04-30}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.vvsaz.org/1003 |title=Charles J. Stephens |publisher=Vvsaz.org |date=2011-12-08 |access-date=2012-04-30 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120318212642/http://www.vvsaz.org/1003 |archive-date=2012-03-18 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nancarrow.de/annette_margolis.htm#English%20text |title=Annettes Memories relating to her life with Conlon |publisher=nancarrow.de |date=1991 |access-date=17 December 2014}}</ref>

On March 2, 1971, Nancarrow married Yoko Sugiura Yamamoto in Mexico City.

Nancarrow died in 1997<ref name="Kozinn" /> in Mexico City. The complete contents of his studio, including the player piano rolls, the instruments, the libraries, and other documents and objects, are now in the [[Paul Sacher]] Foundation in [[Basel]].