"Territory"[1] is a short story or novellette by Poul Anderson.
I have it in the collection _Trader to the Stars_. At the beginning,
there is written a short musical passage: two dotted whole notes,
four slurred 32-nd notes, followed by two more dotted whole notes.
Does anybody here know what this tune is? I think that it is actually relevant to the story, since the 32-nd notes are marked "gliss." and
the word "glissandos" is used on the same page (fifth paragraph).
I realize that my description isn't enough to identify the tune,
but if somebody musically inclined has a copy of "Territory", they
could look at it and play it on a piano or violin or something. If
they wanted to do so.
[1] <https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?55406>
On 14/03/2024 00.31, Gary R. Schmidt wrote:
On 14/03/2024 07:09, Michael F. Stemper wrote:
"Territory"[1] is a short story or novellette by Poul Anderson.
I have it in the collection _Trader to the Stars_. At the beginning,
there is written a short musical passage: two dotted whole notes,
I used the wrong term here; the whole notes aren't dotted, but are
modified by fermatas.
I realize that my description isn't enough to identify the tune,
but if somebody musically inclined has a copy of "Territory", they
could look at it and play it on a piano or violin or something. If
they wanted to do so.
[1] <https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?55406>
Dare I suggest that you take a photograph of the page and post it, somewhere?
I think that this will show it: ><https://drive.google.com/file/d/1eEssDYrt73vtdgYJ0q_qHud0i8e-qzFq/view?usp=sharing>
There's no time signature, so it would appear to be a single
measure in, if I remember back that far, 5/4.
C, F C/Csharp/G/A B, Bflat
I played it on a piano and it did not sound familiar.
Scott Lurndal <slp53@pacbell.net> wrote:
There's no time signature, so it would appear to be a single
measure in, if I remember back that far, 5/4.
C, F C/Csharp/G/A B, Bflat
I played it on a piano and it did not sound familiar.
A number of Poul Anderson stories have original music, sometimes with original >lyrics. Sometimes just the lyrics (like Mary O'Meara which had Anne Passovoy >write the tune for it). It used to be you could hear people playing many of >his songs in filk circles but they seem to have fallen out of favour.
On 14/03/2024 07:09, Michael F. Stemper wrote:
"Territory"[1] is a short story or novellette by Poul Anderson.
I have it in the collection _Trader to the Stars_. At the beginning,
there is written a short musical passage: two dotted whole notes,
four slurred 32-nd notes, followed by two more dotted whole notes.
Does anybody here know what this tune is? I think that it is actually
relevant to the story, since the 32-nd notes are marked "gliss." and
the word "glissandos" is used on the same page (fifth paragraph).
I realize that my description isn't enough to identify the tune,
but if somebody musically inclined has a copy of "Territory", they
could look at it and play it on a piano or violin or something. If
they wanted to do so.
[1] <https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?55406>
Dare I suggest that you take a photograph of the page and post it,
somewhere?
Because my copy of "Trader to the Stars" doesn't have it.
Cheers,
"Territory"[1] is a short story or novellette by Poul Anderson.
I have it in the collection _Trader to the Stars_. At the beginning,
there is written a short musical passage: two dotted whole notes, four slurred 32-nd notes, followed by two more dotted whole notes.
Does anybody here know what this tune is? I think that it is actually relevant to the story, since the 32-nd notes are marked "gliss." and the
word "glissandos" is used on the same page (fifth paragraph).
I realize that my description isn't enough to identify the tune,
but if somebody musically inclined has a copy of "Territory", they could
look at it and play it on a piano or violin or something. If they wanted
to do so.
[1] <https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?55406>
On Wed, 13 Mar 2024 15:09:04 -0500, Michael F. Stemper wrote:
"Territory"[1] is a short story or novellette by Poul Anderson.
I have it in the collection _Trader to the Stars_. At the beginning,
there is written a short musical passage: two dotted whole notes, four
slurred 32-nd notes, followed by two more dotted whole notes.
Does anybody here know what this tune is? I think that it is actually
relevant to the story, since the 32-nd notes are marked "gliss." and
the word "glissandos" is used on the same page (fifth paragraph).
I realize that my description isn't enough to identify the tune,
but if somebody musically inclined has a copy of "Territory", they
could look at it and play it on a piano or violin or something. If they
wanted to do so.
[1] <https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?55406>
Those are not "dotted" whole notes in the common meaning of the term,
i.e. extending the duration by a half. That's when the dot is to the
right of the note. I can't recall what a dot in a semicircle means.
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