tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759353.post116248106569260861..comments2023-08-29T02:42:23.063-05:00Comments on ¡Bemsha SWING!: Jonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09371893596402673898noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759353.post-1162641689371978872006-11-04T06:01:00.000-06:002006-11-04T06:01:00.000-06:00What did come first the chicken or the egg? Good c...What did come first the chicken or the egg? Good conversation starter here on the speech music thing.<BR/><BR/>http://steves2cents.blogspot.com/2006/11/quotes-links_04.html<BR/><BR/>ThanksSteve Sherlockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13070688297607895943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759353.post-1162520845345589052006-11-02T20:27:00.000-06:002006-11-02T20:27:00.000-06:00I don't really know that speech preceded music. ...I don't really know that speech preceded music. Your guess is as good as mine.Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09371893596402673898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759353.post-1162518553690093292006-11-02T19:49:00.000-06:002006-11-02T19:49:00.000-06:00I am glad you mentioned "phrase". I have long bee...I am glad you mentioned "phrase". I have long been struck by David Antin's argument that the phrase, more than the sentence, is a fundamental unit of speech. Related to this argument is his contention, contra Moliere, that speech is closer to poetry than to prose. I think he's right on both counts.<BR/><BR/>Off the cuff, I disagree that speech preceded music. My guess is that originally they were not distinguishable; that both evolved from an original musical-phrasal "vocabulary" that lacked denotative verbal content but indicated emotions and basic directional information.<BR/><BR/>Conversation is improvisation. We all have our stock phrases.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07000424514491809383noreply@blogger.com