[r-t] 10-part major compositions

[Don Morrison]

On Sun, Jan 2, 2011 at 8:42 AM, Philip Earis <pje24 at cantab.net> wrote:
> Have there been previous major compositions on similar lines?

Not really similar, since it's got the tenors all over the place, with
a plethora of bobs and singles, but I do think it amusing, and
somewhat surprising, that you can get all the work of Pitman's four
into a ten part, and without even any omits or anything to join up the parts:

http://ringing.org/main/pages/dfm/major/spliced-surprises/2-4m#1856


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