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Re: The Answers to Scholarly Fun
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Alan Moss <[log in to unmask]>
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Sun, 7 Jan 2001 20:29:09 -0000
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Kevin Sutton:

>Name two works in the standard orchestral repertoire (excluding the
>Rite of Spring) that have movements in 5/4 time.
>
>Holst: Mars from the Planets
>Tchaikovsky: Symphony number 6.

It's a pity that Sibelius' "Kullervo" is not thought to be in the standard
orchestral repertoire. It has one of the most remorseless sustained
5/4 sections - surely one of the longest in existence?.

Alan Moss

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