Klarinet Archive - Posting 000261.txt from 1998/06

From: "Mark Charette" <charette@-----.org>
Subj: Re: [kl] musical terminology
Date: Sun, 7 Jun 1998 22:55:08 -0400

From: peter.stoll@-----.ca>
>I've always had an instinctive reaction against calling instrumental music
>"songs" as in "My band's playing some great songs by Holst next term",
>thinking to myself 'sing a song, play a piece'. Am I being stuffy?

Unless you're in the Marines - yes. As long as they work hard and get the
music right - let 'em call it what they will. IMNSHO.

How about if they called them "tunes" instead of songs? I've heard that,
too.

Cheers,
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Mark Charette, Webmaster, http://www.sneezy.org/clarinet
charette@-----.org

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