Musical cryptogram. The BACH motif. A musical cryptogram is a cryptogrammatic sequence of musical notes, a sequence which can be taken to refer to an extra-musical text by some 'logical' relationship, usually between note names and letters. The most common and best known examples result from composers using ciphered versions of their own or their friends' names as themes or motifs in their compositions. Much rarer is the use of music notation to encode messages for reasons of espionage or personal security called steganography. Be
Rockall. Rockall is a very small, uninhabited island located around 300 miles (480 km) off the west coast of mainland Scotland. At just over 25 metres wide by 21 metres high, the extinct volcano doesnât seem to have any outstanding features of particular interest but nothing could be further from the truth.
For the island in Quebec, see Island of Montreal. Canada. Montreal Island is located in Chantrey Inlet, Nunavut, Canada. The island has an area of 25 km2 (9.7 sq mi) and a perimeter of 31 km (19 mi). Sir George Back visited the island in 1834 after descending the river which now bears his name. He left a cache of supplies on the island, which was found in 1839 on a later arctic expedition by Thomas Simpson.