Re: OT Meanings of words was: [Finale] Arrangement, Orchestration or Transcription?

2004-08-26 Thread Andrew Stiller
On Aug 25, 2004, at 5:34 PM, James Bailey wrote: Words have meanings, but if, as you say (and I agree) the English meaning doesn't match the Italian meaning, what is the English meaning? That's the whole point, as far as I'm concerned. We have all the musical terms that we've changed the meaning

Re: OT Meanings of words was: [Finale] Arrangement, Orchestration or Transcription?

2004-08-26 Thread Mark D Lew
On Aug 25, 2004, at 10:40 PM, James Bailey wrote: Words are actually fun for me, and knowing the etymology of a word is interesting to me. I like to know where the words in my language come from. I've learned that while I'm not alone in this, I am something of an anomaly. And don't get me wrong

Re: OT Meanings of words was: [Finale] Arrangement, Orchestration or Transcription?

2004-08-25 Thread James Bailey
On 25.08.2004 22:09 Uhr, "Mark D Lew" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Aug 25, 2004, at 2:34 PM, James Bailey wrote: > >> But this is the point. Words have meanings, but if, as you say (and I >> agree) >> the English meaning doesn't match the Italian meaning, what is the >> English >> meaning?

Re: OT Meanings of words was: [Finale] Arrangement, Orchestration or Transcription?

2004-08-25 Thread Mark D Lew
On Aug 25, 2004, at 2:34 PM, James Bailey wrote: But this is the point. Words have meanings, but if, as you say (and I agree) the English meaning doesn't match the Italian meaning, what is the English meaning? That's the whole point, as far as I'm concerned. We have all the musical terms that we

OT Meanings of words was: [Finale] Arrangement, Orchestration or Transcription?

2004-08-25 Thread James Bailey
On 25.08.2004 14:14 Uhr, "Mark D Lew" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "Walking" isn't a very good translation of "andante". The closest > English equivalent would be "going", and in the musical context it's > more like "moving". Perhaps you are getting confused with Spanish, > where "andar" is a