USA Today article, bits and pieces...

[Zandbergen@xxxxxxxxxxx (Rene Zandbergen)]

Dear all,

the USA Today article mentions a musical composition by one
Hanspeter Kyburz, which Jacques already unearthed a couple of
years ago. I don't know if anyone has actually heard the piece
(I haven't).
A description of the reasoning behind it (in German) is
found at:

http://www.mhsg.ac.at/mp_97/programm/sa1.htm#kyburz

Also, the French musician mentioned in USA Today was actually
English, but he is part of a French group called
"Ensemble Intercontemporain", who performed the French premiere
of this piece on 23 May this year. This is announced at the 
following web site, which contains a curious coincidence
(10 points for spotting it):

http://www.ircam.fr/departements/creation/saison99/00_05_23.html 

Finally, I got another message from the author of the article
saying that he was approached by one of his readers with the
following suggestion:

   The reader believes Nathaniel Hawthorne saw the book in
   Rome in 1858 and later used it in his story Septimius
   Felton. He further claims "You can look in Hawthorne's Rome
   notes and see that he sees the Voynich or a book much like
   it." 

Well, I'm an absolute ignoramus when it comes to literature, 
but someone one the list may well have read this book and
may wish to comment on it.

Cheers, Rene