Sunday Jul 23, 2023

7-15-23 Pushing The Envelope: Music Decidedly Left of Center -”What’s In a Name? ... with apologies to William Shakespeare”

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

e-mail: pushingtheenvelopewhus@gmail.com 

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7-15-23 PTE Playlist: "What's In a Name?" (… with apologies to William Shakespeare)

 

 

 

 

 

 

  • "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/#/ 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  • 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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