Shakespeare’s “long word” is used to create an acrostic quodlibet. I took one measure from each composer: the first measure of a piece by Handel, the second measure of a piece by Olagué, the third measure of a piece by Nichelmann, etc. The honor roll is: Handel Olagué Nichelmann Offenbach Ravel Iradier Franck Isaac Confrey […]
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Honorificabilitudinitatibus
July 26th, 2011 · Comments Off on Honorificabilitudinitatibus
How Pleasant To Know Mr. Skinner
July 20th, 2011 · 1 Comment
Hapax Legomenon
July 9th, 2011 · 1 Comment
I am intrigued by the hapax legomenon, a word that appears only once in a given work, author, or language. For a musical equivalent, I placed one F♯ against randomized 4-pitch diatonic arpeggios in C.