Richard Thompson used to do that with songs (and for all I know still
does): take a song he liked, write new words and a new melody, then
write a new arrangement for them.
Dominic
On Thu, 24 Mar 2005 14:23:58 -0000, Peter Cudmore
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> Hands off, don't you mean?
>
> Yes, hence schoolboy titters (well, young student titters) at being
> introduced to Kirnberger's 'On the art of tossing off a sonata' many years
> ago.
>
> (It's brilliantly simple: you take a sonata that you like, invent a new
> melody to go over the existing harmony, then invent new harmony to go with
> the new melody.)
>
> P
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Poetryetc provides a venue for a dialogue relating to
> > poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
> > Behalf Of Dominic Fox
> > Sent: 23 March 2005 15:14
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: any formalists in the crowd? Having difficulty
> > with scansion; wondering if the piece is worth working on ...
> > I know the rhyme scheme isn't right
> >
> > Time for a straw poll, I think. Hands up if you knew that the
> > expression "to toss off " meant "to masturbate".
> >
> > Dominic
> >
> >
>
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