Friday, July 15, 2011

Satan, oscillate my metallic sonatas

The palindrome of the title of this first entry is the inspiration for the name of this blog.

The reference is "I Love Me, Vol. I - S. Wordrow's Palindrome Encyclopedia" as revealed and interpreted by Michael Donner. Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill 1996. There is a questionable attribution to a Raymond Stuart, and it's described as a heavy metal title.

So be it. I just like it.

Sonatas seem to oscillate a lot throughout musical history, and it is fascinating to explore the almost infinite range of expression achieved by those who used some version of sonata form as their structural basis.

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