Xref: utzoo rec.music.classical:19946 sci.math:15374 sci.chem:3220 sci.bio:4488 soc.history:3453 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!ccu.umanitoba.ca!herald.usask.ca!alberta!ubc-cs!uw-beaver!mit-eddie!wuarchive!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!swrinde!ucsd!rutgers!mcdchg!ddsw1!pfleury From: pfleury@ddsw1.MCS.COM (Patrick J. Fleury) Newsgroups: rec.music.classical,sci.math,sci.chem,sci.bio,soc.history Subject: Re: Scientists and Mathematicians Who Wrote Music Message-ID: <1991Feb26.013102.7369@ddsw1.MCS.COM> Date: 26 Feb 91 01:31:02 GMT References: <16456@milton.u.washington.edu> <1991Feb15.055652.8317@watdragon.waterloo.edu> <16470@milton.u.washington.edu> Organization: ddsw1.MCS.COM Contributor, Wheeling, IL Lines: 6 Distribution:sci.math, rec.music.classical I notice that nobody has mentioned Marin Mersenne yet. He has Mersenne primes named after him and he is also the author of an "aria" on which part of "Ancient Airs and Dances" by Respighi is based. (For more information see the album notes on the Ozawa recording of AA&D put out by DG. ) Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com