Re: Pachabels Canon

[jimb@ehmail.com]

Hello again,

Sorry this reply is so late, but the free-mail account on which I receive 
the digest seems to arbitrarily truncate long messages, and a couple of 
responses to my last contribution fell victim (I'm going to switch back to 
the works account, I think).

In response to Dennis W. Leas:

IIRC, it was an 029 model keypunch, but that was over 15 years ago, so I 
can't be sure.


Also, thanks to Tim Nelson for mentioning the Ligeti and Nancarrow. I 
wasn't actually thinking of them, being more concerned just with members 
of this list, but yeah I guess their things would apply in some fashion. 
James Tenney also did a piece for player piano (and dedicated to 
Nancarrow) which sounds very loopy and dense.

I just this moment realized, that a musical box could probably be 
considered the first true looping device. My dubious memory tells me that 
someone recorded a piece with several of them running simultaneously, but 
not who it was. Any takers on this one?


Jim Bailey

p.s.: The correct spelling is Pachelbel for those who are interested. I 
just keep the subject misspelling for reference.

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