by John Greschak
April 21, 2005
| Auxiliary Notes | ||
| For a description of how this poem was written, see Method. | For a list of works from which excerpts were taken, see Bibliography. | |
| The number of dots in an ellipsis indicates the duration of the pause between consecutive phrases. A 3-ellipsis (i.e. an ellipsis consisting of three dots) indicates a short pause. A 6-ellipsis (i.e. an ellipsis of six dots) indicates a longer pause. The pause for a 3-ellipsis should be longer than that of a comma, colon or semicolon. | Italicized words should be spoken a bit louder and slower than other words. Words in parentheses should be spoken a bit softer and faster than other words. | |
| For the phrases that are "<indeterminate>", the word indeterminate should not be spoken. Instead, a collection of one to eleven words should be selected from the associated subtext page. To select these words, one should devise some method that involves tossing a coin. | For a discussion of the term mathematical music, as it is used here, see the article What is Mathematical Music? | |
| The case of the first letter of a given phrase is significant. A lowercase letter indicates that the phrase is a continuation of the current thought. An uppercase letter indicates the beginning of a new thought. | This poem consists of a sequence of phrases delimited by ellipses. Each phrase is a clickable link to a subtext page, which contains an excerpt of writings by a particular composer on mathematical music. | |