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#113205 - 10/06/03 09:25 AM threnody
Alex Williams Pooh-Bah Registered: 01/05/01 Posts: 1814 Loc: Spam Factory	I came across this word today for the first time in a discussion of music appropriate for Halloween. I had to look it up. Before I share the definition does anyone want to guess or share their thoughts?
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#113206 - 10/06/03 11:54 AM Re: threnody
dodyskin addict Registered: 04/24/02 Posts: 475 Loc: manchester uk	well, seeing as you said it was in a discussion about halloween music, i'm guessing it has something to do with music and with halloween. hmmm, threnody, musicky words like that, er, melody? is it scary music? or something like that? demon music? man , it's hard not to look it up.
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#113207 - 10/06/03 01:38 PM Re: threnody
AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Registered: 03/15/00 Posts: 6511 Loc: lower upstate New York	Thrednodists® are those who view in threaded mode, as opposed to Flatliners.® (I'd attribute the above but I forget who came up with what first: I suspect tsuwm, folloowed by the highly suspicious Faldage and maverick.) HTH
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#113208 - 10/06/03 01:40 PM Re: threnody
Faldage Carpal Tunnel Registered: 12/01/00 Posts: 13653	If you're going to search for it, you might try spelling it threadnodist.
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#113209 - 10/06/03 02:24 PM Re: threnody
Alex Williams Pooh-Bah Registered: 01/05/01 Posts: 1814 Loc: Spam Factory	Perhaps threnody refers to musical works which can be performed on a bugle? I should have made this a proper game of Balderdash and not given the hint re: Halloween. I will say that "threnody" is not directly related to Halloween.
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#113210 - 10/06/03 02:44 PM Re: threnody
sjmaxq Carpal Tunnel Registered: 07/20/03 Posts: 3230 Loc: Te Ika a Maui	The first time I heard the word was in the title of the piece, "Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima", which made its meaning pretty obvious. _________________________ noho ora mai http://maxqnzs.com/References.html
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#113211 - 10/06/03 03:11 PM Re: threnody
Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/24/02 Posts: 7184 Loc: Vermont	"Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima" I was just recently talking about this piece. an amazing composition... _________________________ formerly known as etaoin...
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#113212 - 10/07/03 05:49 AM Re: threnody
dodyskin addict Registered: 04/24/02 Posts: 475 Loc: manchester uk	aha, i think i've guessed it lament? sleuthing aside threnody: the posh word for qwertyisms like thre (the) ehwn (when) and hre (her).
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#113213 - 10/07/03 06:25 AM Re: threnody
Alex Williams Pooh-Bah Registered: 01/05/01 Posts: 1814 Loc: Spam Factory	Yes! It is a lament or a dirge, and all punning aside, one of the most well known laments is in fact played on the bugle -- "Taps." I've never heard "Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima" though. I listened to the sample on Amazon.com -- it sounds like the soundtrack to Hitchcock's "Psycho." Is the whole piece like that? If so, wow. You could exorcize a house, a neighborhood even, with such music. It would certainly make for good Halloween music.
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#113214 - 10/07/03 06:44 AM Re: Taps
Faldage Carpal Tunnel Registered: 12/01/00 Posts: 13653	Can a piece become threnody through use, if it was not intended for that use in composition? Or is it just metaphorical threnody?
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