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From: "Gary R. Schmidt" <grschmidt@acm.org>
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Subject: Re: Tune at the beginning of "Territory"
Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2024 16:31:58 +1100
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On 14/03/2024 07:09, Michael F. Stemper wrote:
> "Territory"[1] is a short story or novellette by Poul Anderson.
> 
> I have it in the collection _Trader to the Stars_. At the beginning,
> there is written a short musical passage: two dotted whole notes,
> four slurred 32-nd notes, followed by two more dotted whole notes.
> 
> Does anybody here know what this tune is? I think that it is actually
> relevant to the story, since the 32-nd notes are marked "gliss." and
> the word "glissandos" is used on the same page (fifth paragraph).
> 
> I realize that my description isn't enough to identify the tune,
> but if somebody musically inclined has a copy of "Territory", they
> could look at it and play it on a piano or violin or something. If
> they wanted to do so.
> 
> [1] <https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?55406>

Dare I suggest that you take a photograph of the page and post it, 
somewhere?

Because my copy of "Trader to the Stars" doesn't have it.

	Cheers,
		Gary	B-)