Answer some questions about strange time signatures in modern classical music, for 10 points each.
[10e] Henry Cowell’s Rythmicana uses the unusual time signature 1/1 in the first two movements, which means every bar is equivalent to one of these notes. These notes are the same length as four-quarter notes.
ANSWER: whole notes [accept semibreve]
[10h] 1-over-8 and 2 1/2-over-4 (“two-and-a-half-over-four”) are some of the time signatures appearing in the “Lord Melbourne” movement of this suite. This band suite by Percy Grainger collects six English folk songs, such as “The Brisk Young Sailor” and “Horkstow Grange.”
ANSWER: Lincolnshire Posy (“link-uhn-SURE poh-SEE”)
[10m] No time signatures appear at all in a Karlheinz Stockhausen piece written for this ensemble that was named for the helicopters the performers play inside. That piece was premiered by one of these ensembles named Kronos.
ANSWER: string quartet [prompt on quartet]
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