Aristophanes on the Ground combines two structural elements from different periods of music history: on the one hand, an 11-feet rhythmic pattern from Ancient Greece known as ’Astistophanian’ (a composite meter of 4 long and 3 short syllables), and on the other hand a ’ground’, i.e. a continuously reiterated (obstinate) melodic pattern.The genre was extremely popular in the 17th century and a favorite compositional device of Henry Purcell’s.The omnipresent 11-note bass line, written in 11/8 mete...