(urth) making Wolfe-inspired music

Matthew Groves matthewalangroves at gmail.com
Mon Nov 10 09:30:21 PST 2008


On Sun, Nov 9, 2008 at 10:52 AM, Son of Witz <sonofwitz at butcherbaker.org>wrote:

> On Nov 9, 2008, at 8:41 AM, Matthew Groves wrote:
>
> On Sat, Nov 8, 2008 at 1:11 AM, Son of Witz <sonofwitz at butcherbaker.org>wrote:
>
>> I want to hear a song called Amphisbaena that wrestles that concept. I
>> keep coming back to that being one of the key symbols in the book.
>
>
> I suppose it would have to be a crab canon. :)
>
>
> that one sailed over my head. ?
>

A crab canon is a palindromic contrapuntal composition in which a dux
(leading voice) is placed against a comes (following voice) which is the
retrograde of the dux.  In other words, a melody is used in counterpoint
with itself played backwards.  You could similarly illustrate Ouroboros with
a perpetual canon.  And maybe Caduceus with a mirror canon.
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