Michael Cooper asks:
>Can anyone cite specific examples of (preferably classical) music wherein
>there is a denominator in the time signature that is not a power of two
>(of course, one=two to the zero power).
No. Although there are half-notes and quarter-notes, there's no such thing
as a "third-note." Think about it. What's the notational symbol for it? If
you're talking about the "numerator," however, there are lots of examples,
some of them quite famous.
Steve Schwartz