Comments on: Jimmy Dean: Big Bad John (1961) http://rogerbourland.com/blog/2008/06/20/jimmy-dean-big-bad-john-1961/ Roger Bourland writes about music and life Thu, 08 Jan 2009 09:19:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Roger Bourland http://rogerbourland.com/blog/2008/06/20/jimmy-dean-big-bad-john-1961/#comment-80860 Roger Bourland Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:20:51 +0000 http://rogerbourland.com/blog/2008/06/20/jimmy-dean-big-bad-john-1961/#comment-80860 Nee Korn? yes? You played Soliloquy III: Ocean for solo flute. You married Jeremy and you wrote a book (at least one..) and moved south of LAX. Yes? Nee Korn? yes? You played Soliloquy III: Ocean for solo flute. You married Jeremy and you wrote a book (at least one..) and moved south of LAX. Yes?

]]> By: lizaonavon http://rogerbourland.com/blog/2008/06/20/jimmy-dean-big-bad-john-1961/#comment-80847 lizaonavon Mon, 23 Jun 2008 16:35:37 +0000 http://rogerbourland.com/blog/2008/06/20/jimmy-dean-big-bad-john-1961/#comment-80847 Roger, your funny presentation of songs from my childhood (and yours I presume) makes me wonder if you know the answer to a question I’ve chewed for years: When did lazy use of ½ step up in pitch to convey a song’s increase in emotion as it hits a stanza about two-thirds through the piece (I bet German has one word for that concept) become legitimate? Long before 1961. Schubert uses a jump of a fifth in key to increase emotion in some lieder, but that’s not lazy. Maybe you remember me—Liza, a flute student at NEC, I played one of your pieces for solo flute, I always loved your lyricism. Roger, your funny presentation of songs from my childhood (and yours I presume) makes me wonder if you know the answer to a question I’ve chewed for years:
When did lazy use of ½ step up in pitch to convey a song’s increase in emotion as it hits a stanza about two-thirds through the piece (I bet German has one word for that concept) become legitimate? Long before 1961. Schubert uses a jump of a fifth in key to increase emotion in some lieder, but that’s not lazy.
Maybe you remember me—Liza, a flute student at NEC, I played one of your pieces for solo flute, I always loved your lyricism.

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