Greetings!
"What's in a name?" According to the Farlex Dictionary of Idioms: "What someone or something is called or labeled is arbitrary compared to their or its intrinsic qualities. A reference to Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, in which Juliet bemoans Romeo's last name of Montague, her family's sworn enemies."
Today's selections were chosen primarily based upon their titles. I suspect that naming pieces of music is meant to communicate some type of message from the composer. Whether it's meant to be narrative, technically d...
Greetings!
"What's in a name?" According to the Farlex Dictionary of Idioms: "What someone or something is called or labeled is arbitrary compared to their or its intrinsic qualities. A reference to Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, in which Juliet bemoans Romeo's last name of Montague, her family's sworn enemies."
Today's selections were chosen primarily based upon their titles. I suspect that naming pieces of music is meant to communicate some type of message from the composer. Whether it's meant to be narrative, technically descriptive, relay emotion or humor, be provocative, employ a total non-sequitur or present any combination of the above, the title is often the first piece of information related about any given piece of music. ("Have you heard_________?") Let's see how arbitrary the titles of today's playlist turn out to be.
Enjoy!
Joel
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7-15-23 PTE Playlist: "What's In a Name?" (… with apologies to William Shakespeare)
- Twitching Gait for chamber ensemble - flute: Petri Alanko / clarinet: Heikki Nikula / Pasi Pirinen / violin: Jari Valo / cello: Risto Poutanen / composer: Juhani Nuorvala - What's a Nice Chord Like You Doing in a Piece Like This - BIS (2000)
- https://bis.se/composer/nuorvala-juhani/whats-a-nice-chord-like-you-doing-in-a-piece-like-this-chamber-m
- Suck It And See - Sirius Quartet / composer: Bernard Hughes - Playing On The Edge, Vol. 3 - Navona Records (2023)
- https://www.navonarecords.com/catalog/nv6520/
- Omaggio a Jerry Lee Lewis - Richard Trythall - CMCD: Six Classics - ReR (2004)
- https://www.rermegacorp.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Session_ID=4ad4d06ebcf4b681b7ea218e39c3ffca&Screen=PROD&Category_Code=RL&Initial=&CatListingoffset=24&Product_Code=ReRCMCD-RE&Store_Code=RM&Initial=
- Flying Spoons - Swansither - States - Subexotic Records (2022)
- https://swansither.bandcamp.com/album/states
- Spigot (Draw The Pirate) - Mike Keneally - The Thing That Knowledge Can't Eat - Exowax Recordings (2023)
- https://www.keneally.com/music/discography-mike-keneally/the-thing-that-knowledge-cant-eat/
- "The Wide Screen Erupts... 200 Motels promotional radio spot / I'm Stealing The Towels / Dental Hygiene Dilemma - Frank Zappa w/ The Mothers of Invention & The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Frank Zappa's 200 Motels - Ryko/MGM (1971/1997)
- https://www.zappa.com/releases/200-motels/#/
- Cleetus Awreetus-Awrightus - Frank Zappa - The Grand Wazoo - Zappa Records (1972)
- https://www.zappa.com/releases/grand-wazoo/#/
- The Blimp (Mousetrapreplica) / Neon Meate Dream Of A Octafish - Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band - Trout Mask Replica - Reprise (1970)
- http://www.beefheart.com/trout-mask-replica-discography/
- Sun / Zoom / Spark - Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band - Clear Spot - Reprise (1972/1990)
- http://www.beefheart.com/clear-spot-discography/
- Zen Archer - Todd Rundgren - A Wizard A True Star...Live! - Purple Pyramid (2020)
- http://cleorecs.com/home/playlist/todd-rundgren-a-wizard-a-true-star-live/
- Maggot Brain - P-Funk All Stars - Live At The Beverly Theater In Hollywood - Westbound Records (1990)
- https://georgeclinton.com/audio/p-funk-all-stars-live-at-the-beverly-theater-in-hollywood/
- I Hope They Let Us Hunt Like Men In The Next Life, part 2 - Daniel Alexander Hignell-Tully - Difficult Art & Music (2023)
- https://difficultartandmusic.bandcamp.com/album/i-hope-they-let-us-hunt-like-men-in-the-next-life
- because a circle is not enough - violin/composer: Malcom Goldstein - because a circle is not enough: music for bowed string instruments - New World Records (2022)
- https://www.newworldrecords.org/products/malcolm-goldstein-because-a-circle-is-not-enough-music-for-bowed-string-instruments
- A Sweet Quasimodo Between Black Vampire Butterflies (for Maybeck) - pianos, voice, brandy snifter: Charlemagne Palestine - Cold Blue Music (2007)
- https://coldbluemusic.com/cb0025/
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