Xref: utzoo rec.music.classical:19805 sci.math:15258 sci.chem:3178 sci.bio:4451 soc.history:3381 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!thunder.mcrcim.mcgill.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!spool.mu.edu!samsung!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!linac!midway!zem!jeff From: jeff@zem.uchicago.edu (Jeff Adler) Newsgroups: rec.music.classical,sci.math,sci.chem,sci.bio,soc.history Subject: Re: Scientists and Mathematicians Who Wrote Music Message-ID: <1991Feb20.222354.25022@midway.uchicago.edu> Date: 20 Feb 91 22:23:54 GMT References: <1991Feb19.075000.6738@unhd.unh.edu> Sender: news@midway.uchicago.edu (News Administrator) Organization: Department of Mathematics, University of Chicago Lines: 7 There is a string quartet attributed to Benjamin Franklin. It is unconventional in that the players retune their strings in a nonstandard way so that every note is played on an open string. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jeff Adler jeff@zaphod.uchicago.edu Math Department jeff%zaphod@midway.uchicago.edu University of Chicago jda3@midway.uchicago.edu Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com