A dead man's party

By David Utter

North Carolina: Two of them, actually, and though neither piano player will be returning for the performance, their music lives on in high-resolution MIDI.

Raleigh, North Carolina will host a unique concerto on May 19th. Through the efforts of local software company Zenph Studios, degraded recordings of performances by Alfred Cortot and Glenn Gould will be played note-perfect on a MIDI-capable concert grand piano.

Polyphony, a combination of several independent melodic voices, makes MIDI transcription difficult. Zenph claims to have found a way to completely transcribe a polyphonic recording without the usual errors caused by omitting or mistaking notes. 
Long-ignored recordings thought un-releasable could be resurrected and sold to music fans. Imagine a "new" collection of Thelonius Monk's work becoming available. That's what Zenph hopes to accomplish. 

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