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Re: Palindromic Composers
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Deryk Barker <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 10 Nov 1999 11:08:09 -0800
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Len Mullenger ([log in to unmask]) wrote:

>Some compositions are palindromic I believe. Didn't Simpson write a
>palindromic quartet?

His 9th quartet, subtitled Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Haydn, uses
the palindromic minuet from the Symphony No.47 as theme and each of the 32
variations is also palindromic.  A masterpiece IMHO.

Deryk Barker
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