In 1817, Ludwig van Beethoven, a friend of Maelzel,
added metronome markings
to one of his compositions.
Poème symphonique
György Ligeti, influenced
by the Fluxus movement, composed
his Poème symphonique,
for one hundred metronomes.
The metronomes are wound up tightly,
set to different tempos,
and started together by ten performers
who then leave the stage.
Tennis
I’d play tennis without a net,
and without an opponent.
How would this be ”tennis”?
I would count syllables.
My serve would take six syllables.
My return would take eight.
Underlying rhythms
would help serve my reader
though fighting a built-in delay.
Poème symphonique makes no statement
about the clockwork universe or the universality of entropy.
It’s fun to listen to today because of the complex rhythms
that a simultaneous multiplicity of different intervals may create.
Poème symphonique makes no statement about the clockwork universe or the universality of entropy. It’s fun to listen to today because of the complex rhythms that a simultaneous multiplicity of different intervals may create.
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