Sunday, January 06, 2008

Title anyone?

I've been hard at work on my long overdue piece for clarinet and piano. You may recall I agreed to write said work over 9 months ago. Well, after much procrastination accompanied by the usual fits and starts, I've got something that I like and I'll probably finish it this week. I seriously put my nose to the grind on Friday (two days ago) and have about 5:30 written. It is a bit more romantic than I usually write and I think that is because of all the Brahms I've been listening to in 2007 (lots!). The Inc. is asking for a title so that it can be included in the program for a February 12 premiere (yes - this upcoming February). I don't have a title except maybe Concerto for Clarinet: I. because the writing is very concerto-ish. But, I think that is a dumb title and it locks me into writing a goddamn clarinet concerto (which I am not sure I want to do).

Meanwhile, I've found this random abstract art title generator. My first three presses produced:

The Fatal Contrast
Season with Dimensionality
Objective Continuation

I don't really like any of those. The working title I've got now is Perpendicularity. But I have to tell you that I really hate that title. Maybe Perpendisticles? It goes with my penchant for titles with phallic connotations.

 

2 Comments:

Blogger Jessica said...

my suggestions are equally dumb:

"Piece for Clarinet and Piano"

Or maybe:

"For Clarinet and Piano"

Because I tend to think titles are dumb in general, and so they might as well just tell you what it is.

Yeah, sorry, no gemstones here. Good luck.

12:27 AM  
Blogger Anthony Joseph Lanman said...

If you use any of those titles, I'm going to kick you in the balls.

4:02 PM  

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