Re:Enigma Variations
by seanhunter on Tuesday November 08, 2022 @06:43AM
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Some more fun examples to explore:
1. In the UK there was a TV detective series called "Inspector Morse". The composer of the theme music (Barrington PHeloung) included "Morse" in morse code in the theme. They then decided to start including clues in morse in the theme music behind episodes including red herrings so if you decoded the clue it might send you down the wrong avenue[1]
2. There are a number of cryptograms in the music of Alban Berg, including several suspected but which have never definitively been solved. An example which is like a crossword as you have put it would be in the violin concerto the choice of the famous corale and the way in which the text of the Bach cantata with the same corale ("Blessed are those who die in the Lord") refers to the dead child (Manon Gropius) the concerto was dedicated to. Getting that particular example to work is an amazing feat of musical architecture because the violin concerto is a serialist piece so he had to include the right part of the corale into the tone series for the piece in order to make it work[2]. It's also just an incredible piece of music in general
1. In the UK there was a TV detective series called "Inspector Morse". The composer of the theme music (Barrington PHeloung) included "Morse" in morse code in the theme. They then decided to start including clues in morse in the theme music behind episodes including red herrings so if you decoded the clue it might send you down the wrong avenue[1]
2. There are a number of cryptograms in the music of Alban Berg, including several suspected but which have never definitively been solved. An example which is like a crossword as you have put it would be in the violin concerto the choice of the famous corale and the way in which the text of the Bach cantata with the same corale ("Blessed are those who die in the Lord") refers to the dead child (Manon Gropius) the concerto was dedicated to. Getting that particular example to work is an amazing feat of musical architecture because the violin concerto is a serialist piece so he had to include the right part of the corale into the tone series for the piece in order to make it work[2]. It's also just an incredible piece of music in general
[1] https://www.classicfm.com/discover-music/periods-genres/film... [2] https://web.archive.org/web/20171107012243/https://www.laphi...