Kyle Gann identified “convergence points” throughout a series in a piece by this composer in which disjoint melodic lines briefly line up. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this composer of a series of 49 études that includes a “suite” that layers seven melodic structures over a boogie-woogie ostinato.
ANSWER: Conlon Nancarrow
[10e] The 40th study has this nickname due to its use of an “e pi” time signature. Pieces titled “Chasse-neige” and “Mazeppa” are included in a set of Franz Liszt études titled for this adjective.
ANSWER: transcendental [accept Transcendental Études or Études d'exécution transcendante]
[10m] Nancarrow expanded the third study into his Piece for [this composer]. Densely woven canonic lines characterize this composer’s texture of micropolyphony.
ANSWER: György Ligeti [or György Sándor Ligeti; accept Piece for Ligeti]
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