Klarinet Archive - Posting 000276.txt from 1998/06

From: Lee Hickling <hickling@-----.Net>
Subj: Re: [kl] musical terminology
Date: Mon, 8 Jun 1998 07:38:35 -0400

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 never heard an instrumental number called a song, but if
I did, I'd have your reaction. "Piece" is better, to my taste. "Selection"
is also good, but it has a sort of old-fashioned sound. How about saying
instead of either, "A march ... a waltz ... an overture ... a movement from
..." and so on?

Lee Hickling <hickling@-----.net>

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