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More embarrassing cringeworthiness. Around 2am last night my subconscious suddenly dredged up the title of a piece I planned but never wrote when I was a 20-year-old dreaming of being a composer. It was to be called - wait for it - " ... joyeux: a preliminary approach"   Not bad, not bad at all. Personally I am a "fan" (in the negative sense) of those titles Xenakis gave in his old age that were the dedicatee's name backwards. "Ittidra" almost sounds like a standard Xenakis title, and I didn't even realize it was Arditti backwards until someone pointed it out to me; but as for Hunem Iduhey, the less said the better (about the title and the piece as well, in my opinion) -- although I've always been curious about why it wasn't Nihunem Iduhey. Was that somehow less acceptable? On the other hand, all is forgiven for the late lamented Iannis -- as Gmeeoorh might just be the greatest title ever for anything. |
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Personally I am a "fan" (in the negative sense) of those titles Xenakis gave in his old age that were the dedicatee's name backwards. You're just jealous he never wrote a Nosnhoj Nave, aren't you! |
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The city is a process which always veers away from the form envisaged and desired, ... whose revenge upon its architects and planners undoes every dream of mastery. It is [also] one of the sites where Dasein is assigned the impossible task of putting right what can never be put right. - Rob Lapsley
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« Reply #62 on: 14:46:29, 09-08-2007 » |
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« Reply #63 on: 14:48:59, 09-08-2007 » |
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« Reply #64 on: 17:54:37, 09-08-2007 » |
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I've always been curious about why it wasn't Nihunem Iduhey. Was that somehow less acceptable? Oddly enough I was planning anyway to post about a piece Mark André wrote for us by the name of ni. So the Monty Python fans among us enjoyed that. But there you go, obviously he was just trying to clear up Iannis's Loose End. (Now there's a title for you.) I've never named a piece but I did name a cocktail once. It was called Bitter and Twisted.  |
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I've never named a piece but I did name a cocktail once. It was called Bitter and Twisted. You came up with that all by yourself, did you, Ollie? |
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Oddly enough I was planning anyway to post about a piece Mark André wrote for us by the name of ni. So the Monty Python fans among us enjoyed that. But there you go, obviously he was just trying to clear up Iannis's Loose End. (Now there's a title for you.) I've never named a piece but I did name a cocktail once. It was called Bitter and Twisted. NI ! NI NI |
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« Reply #67 on: 19:33:59, 09-08-2007 » |
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We are the group that plays.... ni!
(And then we play it again and we're the group that plays.... ni wieder!)
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« Reply #68 on: 21:51:51, 09-08-2007 » |
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« Reply #69 on: 22:03:08, 09-08-2007 » |
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Or a herring.
[That's enough about ni. Ed.]
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« Reply #70 on: 22:36:36, 09-08-2007 » |
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On the other hand, all is forgiven for the late lamented Iannis -- as Gmeeoorh might just be the greatest title ever for anything.
Provided that you ain't an organist...(!) Best, Alistair |
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« Reply #71 on: 22:38:34, 09-08-2007 » |
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Or a herring.
Or a mackerel. Or a cod. (Ian will understand, albeit also probably be sickened by, this reference...) Best, Alistair |
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« Reply #72 on: 01:53:27, 11-08-2007 » |
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Well, I've gradually become very embarrassed by... It was when I was 20, if that helps to mitigate it... (I think I was imagining adding another piece to it, with a different subtitle - Urban. Oh dear. I'll get my coat shall I?) |
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« Reply #73 on: 08:45:10, 11-08-2007 » |
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Thanks for sharing, Stuart. And yes, the coatstand is just down the corridor there.  |
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« Reply #74 on: 08:53:48, 11-08-2007 » |
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Now come on, Stuart, is that really the worst you can do? I've seen much worse titles from much older composers...  I've always had a special affection for especially pronunciation-defying titles. Such as Wachtend op de volgende uitbarsting van repressie en censuur, or cogluotobusisletmesi. |
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