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PostPosted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 6:02 am    Post subject: world records in the area of music Reply with quote

See if you can add to this list:

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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Location: Yap

PostPosted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 6:23 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I see John Cage is on your list. He composed a piece for the organ that was to be played "as slow as possible" which some folks in Germany began to play in the year 2000 with an expected finish in 2639.
http://www.goethe.de/kue/mus/thm/en1128674.htm
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