[r-t] Cyclic 7-parts of major

[Richard Smith]

Rob Lee wrote:

> 5152 Spliced Surprise Major (8 Methods)
> Paul Needham 1988 p1056

At the moment, this seems to be the earliest cyclic 7-part 
anyone has uncovered.  I can believe a date in the 1980s, 
but 1988 does seem pretty late.  But what irony if the first 
cyclic 7-part turns out to have been of the so-called 
standard eight!

RAS