Talk:Trimpin

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[edit] Fugues?

• "…drops of water, timed in complex rhythmic fugues…": Is "fugues" really the intended word here? It has a rather precise meaning, and it seems unlikely. -- Jmabel | Talk June 28, 2005 06:01 (UTC)

Well, I know what a fugue is and so does Trimpin, and that's what he told me. Had the imitation been precise he would have said canons, and perhaps these start out as canons but depart from literal imitation. There are rhythmic fugues by Lou Harrison and Ernst Toch, among others. I'll ask Trimpin sometime to make sure. KG Kylegann 28 June 2005 11:37 (UTC)

If you have it from the horse's mouth, I'm less inclined to quibble. I'm just trying to imagine a fugue produced this way. Then again, much of Trimpin's music/sculpture defies imagination if one hasn't witnessed it firsthand. -- Jmabel | Talk June 29, 2005 06:26 (UTC)