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Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta — fifths, the golden section, the mirror

Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta: fugue entries spiralling by fifths both ways, a climax at the golden section on the tritone, the subject answered by its inversion.

3 cells39 nodes11 voices
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Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta — fugue entries spiralling by fifths in both directions, a climax placed at the golden section on the tritone, and the subject answered by its inversion and retrograde inversion.

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