source file: mills2.txt Date: Mon, 6 Jan 1997 08:39:28 -0800 Subject: Re: Enigma From: NHES000 The enigmatic scale used by Verdi in the first of the Quattro Pezzi Sacri (Ave Maria) -- ascending C Db E F# G# A# B C descending C B A# G# F E Db C The scale is sung in whole notes four times ascending and descending... 1) basses on C, 2) altos on C, 3) tenors on F, sopranos on F. All four pieces are published by C.F. Peters. Norman Hessert nhes@music.stlawu.edu Received: from ns.ezh.nl [137.174.112.59] by vbv40.ezh.nl with SMTP-OpenVMS via TCP/IP; Mon, 6 Jan 1997 17:38 +0100 Received: by ns.ezh.nl; (5.65v3.2/1.3/10May95) id AA03018; Mon, 6 Jan 1997 17:41:29 +0100 Received: from eartha.mills.edu by ns (smtpxd); id XA03016 Received: from by eartha.mills.edu via SMTP (940816.SGI.8.6.9/930416.SGI) for id IAA14710; Mon, 6 Jan 1997 08:41:26 -0800 Date: Mon, 6 Jan 1997 08:41:26 -0800 Message-Id: <009ADF8062A61320.076F@vbv40.ezh.nl> Errors-To: madole@ella.mills.edu Reply-To: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Originator: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Sender: tuning@eartha.mills.edu