The Granularity of Palindromes

Palindromes are a fascinating tool for composers, writers, and linguists alike. I find myself utilizing them in many of my own works as a composer, in my notated music. In electronic music, I often use a reverse sampling of sounds within my compositions. Using both of these compositional tools side-by-side an idea came to be: What would it take for me to compose a reverse function using acoustic instruments? Is such a thing possible? This led to me diving deep into palindromes utilizing my tools as a composer, theorist, and technologist to discover the finer points of palindromes in composition which led to the conclusion that palindromes are far more complex than we realize, and we are just scratching the surface of possibilities. From the jovial palindromes of Haydn, to the reversed waveforms of electroacoustic music, the breadth of possibilities is immense as we ponder the finer points within the Granularity of Palindromes.