Klarinet Archive - Posting 001362.txt from 2000/12

From: "Dee D. Hays" <deehays@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Dirge for a Lame Duck at the Bird Refuge
Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2000 16:50:57 -0500

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From: "William Wright" <Bilwright@-----.net>
Subject: Re: [kl] Re: Dirge for a Lame Duck at the Bird Refuge

> [snip] But to my perception, my dirge resolves to a certain
> element of strength and triumph of spirit at the end. It begins with
> 'open-ended' minor intervals and ends with a true musical resolution (C
> major chord in the key of C).
>
> Hey, how much 'meaning' can a person read into a piece of music?
> I still 'hear' a lame duck who flew and who expects to fly again and who
> would be content if he could stay aloft forever. But he must come back
> down to earth every few minutes, feeling better than before, but still
> faced with disability and persecution. And this is exactly what I hear
> in the end of my 'dirge' now that I've put the final touches on it.
> [snip]
> ....of course, "dirge" implies dead, and she (the duck) isn't a
> dead duck yet. So the musical metaphor fails. I debated "Lament for
> a Lame Duck", but once again, the resolution negates the concept of
> lament. The nice thing about computers is that I can reprint it with a
> better title --- if I come up with one.

>From an online dictionary, a "dirge" is a:
1 : a song or hymn of grief or lamentation; especially : one intended to
accompany funeral or memorial rites
2 : a slow, solemn, and mournful piece of music
3 : something (as a poem) that has the qualities of a dirge

So keep looking for titles, as it sounds like you really have something else
in mind. Here's some ideas to help stimulate the further generation of
ideas.

Even the Lame Duck Flies
The Lame Duck Still Flies
Tribute to a Lame Duck
Triumph of the Lame Duck
Ode to a Lame Duck
Even the Lame Duck is Free

Good luck on a title search.
Dee Hays
Michigan

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