hi everyone. i'm forwarding along some info i read on another mailing list that i thought would be of interest to lily developers and users:
An article by Don Byrd at http://php.indiana.edu/~donbyrd/CMNExtremes.htm has many examples of extremes in common practice music notation. e.g.: * Highest written and sounding pitches: D8 in Scriabin: Piano Sonata no. 6, Op. 62 (1911?), last page * Most repeated notes in a melody (without rhythmic variety--all notes the same duration): 32 in Prokofieff, Toccata, Op. 11, m. 1 * Shortest notated duration: p. 1 of Anthony Phillip Heinrich, Toccata Grande Cromatica from The Sylviad, Set 2 (c. 1825), uses 1024th and even two 2048th(!) notes * Longest notated duration, including ties: Verdi, Othello, Act I, opens with a tone cluster(!) in the organ of C2,C#2,D2, lasting 243 measures of 4/4 (=972 quarters) * Most notes/chords in one beamset: 132 in Liszt, Transcendental Etude no. 4 ("Mazeppa") (Baerenreiter Neue Ausgabe ed.). This has 15 secondary beam breaks(!) and 28 segments. * Longest movement (excluding dramatic works): In measures: Alkan, Etude no. 8 ("Concerto, Premiere Partie") from Douze etudes dans tous les tons mineur, Op. 39, is 1342 bars just some things to stretch lily... david _______________________________________________ Lilypond-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-devel
