May 29 - Iannis Xenakis (The Musical Birthday Series, 2nd Annual Cycle)

Iannis Xenakis (29 May 1922 – 4 February 2001) was a Greek-French composer, music theorist  architect, and engineer. 
[For last year's limerick on Isaac Albéniz click here.] 

Impraktika

Xenakis, who used mathematics

To map out his music’s schematics,

Displayed a propensity

For works of such density,

They can only be played by fanatics.

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