[Mister Meow]

Before Mozart wrote his Great Mass in C Minor, did he write a Crappy Mass in B-Sharp Minor?

 

[Roger Knox]

damn right Roger, it has to be whisky.....

I believe Varese drank single-malt Scotch whiskeys from Islay like Laphroaig and Lagavulin, while composing the percussion work Iodination.

 

[Kjetil Heggelund]

What is the most beautiful 12-tone row in retrograde?

 

[Roger Knox]

What is the most beautiful 12-tone row in retrograde?

The thing is, I have trouble imagining the retrograde of a 12-tone row, which becomes both chromatic and complex. If I can't imagine it, how can it be beautiful? Did Schoenberg ever say what makes a 12-tone row beautiful, or ugly for that matter? Has anyone ever asked these kinds of questions? Your question opens a can of worms that I do not find beautiful, though asking it may be a milestone in the History of Stupid Thread Ideas!

 

[Philidor]

Leonard Bernstein told story that he played the cancrizans of "Happy Birthday" to some dodecaphonic composer, and this composer did not recognize it,

 

[pianozach]

Round Music is more pleasant than Triangular Music, although neither are as interesting as Pentangular Music.

 

[Roger Knox]

Round Music is more pleasant than Triangular Music, although neither are as interesting as Pentangular Music.

Ah, geometry. Being very old-fashioned I'll have to get out my compass and straight edge to test your hypotheses ...