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Less well-known is a piano piece known as " Vice Versa ", a musical palindrome which was not only a front-to-back palindrome, but also exploited the two staves used for writing for piano.

The music reads the same whichever way it is turned.

He later extended this theme, composing a piece known as " Upside / Downside " for his son, who was learning to play the recorder at Downside School.

This musical palindrome was for piano, recorder and cello and again was universally reversible-two players could play from the same sheet of music reading from opposite ends.