Klarinet Archive - Posting 000267.txt from 1998/06

From: <Maestro645@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] musical terminology
Date: Sun, 7 Jun 1998 23:21:03 -0400

In a message dated 6/8/98, Peter Stoll wrote:

> 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?

No, you're not. I used to be that bad, calling pieces songs. My piano
professor had to practically knock into my head to call the things to be
played PIECES, and the things to be sung SONGS!
Chris Hoffman

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