The Urwärme of Ohrwürme
Via Metafilter, the top 25 ‘earworms’ in France, with audio examples. ‘Earworm’ is a direct translation of the German word Ohrwurm, meaning a tune that you can’t get out of…
Phronesis and musical policing
An extraordinary story from the BBC: Police ‘cool’ Belfast trouble with ice-cream van music. Fifteen youths start throwing bottles at a police Land Rover in Lisburn. One of the officers…
Glazunov, Raymonda and Hullàmzò Balaton
NB: the ‘Raymonda’ bit starts at 1.59″ – I’ve coded it to start there automatically, but if it doesn’t, use the scroll bar to skip to that bit. On a…
Jonathan’s musical trivia quiz: Name that tune in 1
At a recent recording, while we were waiting for the kettle to boil or a hard drive to back up, we got a bit silly and starting playing ‘name that…
Ain’t misbehavin’ and other songs
Here’s a nice site: extraordinarily detailed and well-presented details about jazz standards such as Ain’t misbehavin’. There’s a list of the 1,000 most recorded jazz standards, and very detailed records…