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Joined: 31 Jan 2003
Location: I get so little foreign language experience, I must be in Koreatown, Los Angeles.
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 Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 6:02 am Post subject: world records in the area of music |
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longest monotone:
Leo Sowerby, setting of the Nicene Creed for unison chorus and organ
"A Tone," op. 3 no. 3 by Peter Cornelius
popular song with the smallest range:
"Shimmy shimmy ko-ko bop," a 1959 song by Bob Smith
"Wooden Indian," a 1971 song by John Denver
Both songs use only mi, so, and la.
most repetitious composition:
Chopin, Mazurka in G major, op. 7 no. 5, marked D. S. senza fine at the end
longest rhythmic ostinato:
snare drum part in Ravel's Bolero
longest rest:
4'33" by John Cage
easiest folk song:
http://www.eslcafe.com/forums/korea/viewtopic.phpt=27867&highlight=one-note+songs
longest tonic chord:
Wagner, prelude to Das Rheingold, consisting only of an Eb major chord
longest dominant seventh chord:
Beethoven, Waldstein Sonata, first movement, ms. 142-155
shortest concerto movement:
Bach, second movement of the Third Brandenburg Concerto.
One measure consisting of two half-note chords.
shortest opera prelude:
prelude to Tosca by Puccini
One measure consisting of three chords.
longest measure:
In the Concord Sonata by Charles Ives, each movement is written without barlines.
shortest measure:
In Hello, Dolly! by Jerry Herman, there is a 1/4 measure which is marked as a vamp.
thickest chord written for kettledrums:
10-note chord in Berlioz's Requiem |
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