[Smt-talk] Car Names
William Helmcke
whelmcke at music.umass.edu
Tue Jul 24 17:27:13 PDT 2012
In Poland the Polonez was produced between 1978 and 2002.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FSO_Polonez
Note that the Polish wikipedia page gives the exact date of its first
production, May 3rd, which is an important national holiday in Poland
marking the world's second oldest Constitution (behind the United
States). Thus, we have an interesting (and typically Polish)
intersection between music and politics.
3maj sie (A Polish word play meaning take care),
-William
William Helmcke,
Doctoral Candidate in Music Theory, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Fulbrighter to Poland 2012-2013, University of Warsaw
Fulbrighter to Poland 2011-2012, University of Warsaw
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> 10. Re: Car names (William Caplin) (Stuart Duncan)
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> Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2012 07:19:37 -0400
> From: "Locke, Ralph" <rlocke at esm.rochester.edu>
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> Good point, Bill!
>
> It occurs to me also that the car makers recognize that these words
> are recognized internationally. That's one of the cool things about
> classical music--people play and love it (and, yes, fetishize it)
> everywhere. So the name Rondo or Coda will be recognizable and
> acceptable (if not fully understood!) in, say, Germany or Brazil and
> not be associated with any one language/country. Musical
> terminology, in other words, is an international language, in a way
> that Latin and to some extent Greek were for science, medicine, and
> philosophy in earlier centuries.
>
> These Italian terms are also easy to pronounce and spell, consisting
> of simple alternations of one consonant / one vowel. (By contrast:
> the English word "thought"; the French word "oeuf".....)
>
> George Eastman reportedly invented the name Kodak so that he could
> have a brand name that would be correctly spelled and pronounced
> internationally.
>
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> -----Original Message-----
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> William Caplin
> Sent: Mon 7/23/2012 12:27 PM
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> Subject: [Smt-talk] Car names
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> What do you all make of the latest trend of Asian car manufacturers
> naming their cars after musical terms?
>
> We already have Hyundai's "Sonata" and "Accent" (two of my own major
> areas of research). Then there's Kia's "Rondo." And just today I
> read about a new electric car from China named "Coda." (I suppose a
> "Cadence" can't be too far in the future.)
>
> Clearly there's a prestige factor associated with music in Asia that
> doesn't seem to resonate with North American or European makers.
>
> Have I missed others?
>
> Wishing you all a pleasant summer!
>
> Bill
>
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> From: "Justin M. London" <jlondon at carleton.edu>
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> Good points, Bill.
>
> And even if the "Cadence" would be "Perfect Authentic", I'm not sure
> I'd want a car that would have a tendency to just keep stopping.
>
> Best,
> Justin
>
> P.S. I think "Medial Caesura" is right out (with apologies to Warren
> and Jim).
>
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> ----- Original Message -----
> What do you all make of the latest trend of Asian car manufacturers
> naming their cars after musical terms?
>
> We already have Hyundai's "Sonata" and "Accent" (two of my own major
> areas of research). Then there's Kia's "Rondo." And just today I
> read about a new electric car from China named "Coda." (I suppose a
> "Cadence" can't be too far in the future.)
>
> Clearly there's a prestige factor associated with music in Asia that
> doesn't seem to resonate with North American or European makers.
>
> Have I missed others?
>
> Wishing you all a pleasant summer!
>
> Bill
>
>
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> Message: 3
> Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2012 06:30:18 -0600
> From: "Leinberger, Charles F." <charlesl at utep.edu>
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> Prelude.
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> C.L.
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> [mailto:smt-talk-bounces at lists.societymusictheory.org] On Behalf Of
> William Caplin
> Sent: Monday, July 23, 2012 10:27 AM
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> Subject: [Smt-talk] Car names
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> What do you all make of the latest trend of Asian car manufacturers
> naming their cars after musical terms?
>
> We already have Hyundai's "Sonata" and "Accent" (two of my own major
> areas of research). Then there's Kia's "Rondo." And just today I
> read about a new electric car from China named "Coda." (I suppose a
> "Cadence" can't be too far in the future.)
>
> Clearly there's a prestige factor associated with music in Asia that
> doesn't seem to resonate with North American or European makers.
>
> Have I missed others?
>
> Wishing you all a pleasant summer!
>
> Bill
>
>
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> Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2012 08:31:50 -0400
> From: Paul Cadrin <paulcadrin at hotmail.com>
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> Bill seems to forget that the initiative came, years ago, from
> Honda, with their Accord and Prelude models
>
> Paul Cadrin
> Musicologue sans fronti?res
> Montr?al (Qu?bec) Canada
> > From: caplin at music.mcgill.ca
>> Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2012 12:27:22 -0400
>> To: smt-talk at societymusictheory.org
>> Subject: [Smt-talk] Car names
>>
>> What do you all make of the latest trend of Asian car manufacturers
>> naming their cars after musical terms?
>>
>> We already have Hyundai's "Sonata" and "Accent" (two of my own
>> major areas of research). Then there's Kia's "Rondo." And just
>> today I read about a new electric car from China named "Coda." (I
>> suppose a "Cadence" can't be too far in the future.)
>>
>> Clearly there's a prestige factor associated with music in Asia
>> that doesn't seem to resonate with North American or European makers.
>>
>> Have I missed others?
>>
>> Wishing you all a pleasant summer!
>>
>> Bill
>>
>>
>> ____________________________
>> William E. Caplin
>> James McGill Professor of Music Theory
>>
>> Department of Music Research
>> Schulich School of Music
>> McGill University
>>
>> 555 Sherbrooke Street West
>> Montreal, Quebec
>> Canada H3A 1E3
>>
>> office: (514) 398-4535 x00279
>> home: (514) 488-3270
>> http://www.music.mcgill.ca/~caplin/Home.html
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> From: Gregory Karl <gregkarl at frontier.com>
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> Well, if you are going to include "Accent," then I guess the Honda
> "Accord" might count as well. And then of course there is the "Hot
> Rod Lincoln:-)"
>
> The prestige theory is plausible, but given that Hyundai and Kia are
> parts of a single corporate entity and the makers of Coda are a come-
> lately drafting on their success, perhaps we should be cautious about
> reading too much into it. The root of this trend was the Sonata, a
> model name with several things going for it when it was chosen in the
> early 1980s. It is sonorous, shared the accent profile of then
> successful models like Corolla and Corona, and would have been
> (vaguely) familiar to the many western consumers to which it was to
> be marketed as distinctly European, and thus non-Korean, sounding.
>
> Greg Karl
> Jay NY
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>
> On Jul 23, 2012, at 12:27 PM, William Caplin wrote:
>
>> What do you all make of the latest trend of Asian car manufacturers
>> naming their cars after musical terms?
>>
>> We already have Hyundai's "Sonata" and "Accent" (two of my own
>> major areas of research). Then there's Kia's "Rondo." And just
>> today I read about a new electric car from China named "Coda." (I
>> suppose a "Cadence" can't be too far in the future.)
>>
>> Clearly there's a prestige factor associated with music in Asia
>> that doesn't seem to resonate with North American or European makers.
>>
>> Have I missed others?
>>
>> Wishing you all a pleasant summer!
>>
>> Bill
>>
>
>
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> Message: 6
> Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2012 16:41:47 +0200
> From: Giorgio Sanguinetti <giorgio_sanguinetti at fastwebnet.it>
> To: William Caplin <caplin at music.mcgill.ca>
> Cc: smt-talk Talk <smt-talk at societymusictheory.org>
> Subject: Re: [Smt-talk] Car names
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> Hi Bill,
>
> There is also an "Accord" (Honda), "Encore" (Buick: ok, not exactly
> a music theory concept), a "Galant" (Mitsubishi: which schema
> exactly?) a "Prelude" (Honda again), a "Tempo" (Ford Germany). But
> certainly there is ample space for further developments. I can
> easily imagine a "Fugue" (very apt name for a sport car), a "Monte"
> (great for a SUV), or a "Canon" (predictable demeanor).
>
> Have a great summer!
>
> Giorgio
>
>
> Il giorno 23/lug/2012, alle ore 18:27, William Caplin ha scritto:
>
>> What do you all make of the latest trend of Asian car manufacturers
>> naming their cars after musical terms?
>>
>> We already have Hyundai's "Sonata" and "Accent" (two of my own
>> major areas of research). Then there's Kia's "Rondo." And just
>> today I read about a new electric car from China named "Coda." (I
>> suppose a "Cadence" can't be too far in the future.)
>>
>> Clearly there's a prestige factor associated with music in Asia
>> that doesn't seem to resonate with North American or European makers.
>>
>> Have I missed others?
>>
>> Wishing you all a pleasant summer!
>>
>> Bill
>>
>>
>> ____________________________
>> William E. Caplin
>> James McGill Professor of Music Theory
>>
>> Department of Music Research
>> Schulich School of Music
>> McGill University
>>
>> 555 Sherbrooke Street West
>> Montreal, Quebec
>> Canada H3A 1E3
>>
>> office: (514) 398-4535 x00279
>> home: (514) 488-3270
>> http://www.music.mcgill.ca/~caplin/Home.html
>>
>>
>>
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> Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2012 08:31:56 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Ildar Khannanov <solfeggio7 at yahoo.com>
> To: smt-talk Talk <smt-talk at societymusictheory.org>, William Caplin
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> Can it be?the result of callistic approach to music?
>
> Cars must be as beautiful as musical works (musical forms).
> ?
> Best,
> ?
> Ildar Khannanov
> Peabody Conservatory
> solfeggio7 at yahoo.com
> ?
> --- On Mon, 7/23/12, William Caplin <caplin at music.mcgill.ca> wrote:
>
>
> From: William Caplin <caplin at music.mcgill.ca>
> Subject: [Smt-talk] Car names
> To: "smt-talk Talk" <smt-talk at societymusictheory.org>
> Date: Monday, July 23, 2012, 11:27 AM
>
>
> What do you all make of the latest trend of Asian car manufacturers
> naming their cars after musical terms?
>
> We already have Hyundai's "Sonata" and "Accent" (two of my own major
> areas of research).? Then there's Kia's "Rondo."? And just today I
> read about a new electric car from China named "Coda."? (I suppose a
> "Cadence" can't be too far in the future.)?
>
> Clearly there's a prestige factor associated with music in Asia that
> doesn't seem to resonate with North American or European makers.?
>
> Have I missed others??
>
> Wishing you all a pleasant summer!
>
> Bill
>
>
> ____________________________
> William E. Caplin
> James McGill Professor of Music Theory
>
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> Schulich School of Music
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> To: William Caplin <caplin at music.mcgill.ca>
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> William Caplin wrote:
>> Have I missed others?
>
> My friends had a Honda Accord back when they were new. It was named
> "Tristan".
>
>
> David Feurzeig
> University of Vermont
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> Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2012 15:05:19 -0400
> From: "Salley, Keith" <ksalley at su.edu>
> To: William Caplin <caplin at music.mcgill.ca>
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> Actually, here's one (or two) from an American manufacturer.
>
> Ford made a car called the 'Tempo,' but I believe the model was
> discontinued.
>
> (Then there's the ford Taurus, which is clearly derived from our own
> neo-Riemannian spaces. right?)
>
>
>
> On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 12:27 PM, William Caplin
> <caplin at music.mcgill.ca>wrote:
>
>> What do you all make of the latest trend of Asian car manufacturers naming
>> their cars after musical terms?
>>
>> We already have Hyundai's "Sonata" and "Accent" (two of my own major areas
>> of research). Then there's Kia's "Rondo." And just today I read about a
>> new electric car from China named "Coda." (I suppose a "Cadence" can't be
>> too far in the future.)
>>
>> Clearly there's a prestige factor associated with music in Asia that
>> doesn't seem to resonate with North American or European makers.
>>
>> Have I missed others?
>>
>> Wishing you all a pleasant summer!
>>
>> Bill
>>
>>
>> ____________________________
>> William E. Caplin
>> James McGill Professor of Music Theory
>>
>> Department of Music Research
>> Schulich School of Music
>> McGill University
>>
>> 555 Sherbrooke Street West
>> Montreal, Quebec
>> Canada H3A 1E3
>>
>> office: (514) 398-4535 x00279
>> home: (514) 488-3270
>> http://www.music.mcgill.ca/~caplin/Home.html
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>>
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> From: Stuart Duncan <stuart.duncan at yale.edu>
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> Having owned a Hyundai Sonata a few years ago I couldn't help but
> reply to William Caplin's post.
>
> The only American car I know that has a musicological bent is the Ford
> Tempo from the 1990s.
> Other US cars include Nissan Note, Toyota Duet, or how about the
> Skoda Octavia?
> One current non-US car in production for 2013 is the new Kia Forte.
> I am sure there are more out there though.
>
> Stuart Paul Duncan
> Music Theory Student, Yale University
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> Message: 11
> Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2012 15:35:43 -0400
> From: "Root, Jena" <jroot at ysu.edu>
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> Bill,
>
> Perhaps the Kia Soul and the Toyota Matrix could be listed as honorable
> mentions?
> Best wishes,
> Jena
>
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>> Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2012 19:22:50 -0400
>> From: art samplaski <agsvtp at hotmail.com>
>> To: <smt-talk at lists.societymusictheory.org>
>> Subject: Re: [Smt-talk] fixed- vs. movable-do
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>> Dear List,
>>
>> I have only today been able to catch up on the week's backlog of
>> emails.
>>
>> Concerning Ildar Khannanov's post several digests ago, I have
>> privately replied about some things, and here merely point out
>> that he completely misunderstood my example of my own freshman
>> experience with fixed-do after learning movable-do as a child.
>> At the same time I was doing poorly with the new fixed-do system
>> I was being made to learn, __I could do all the assigned melodies
>> at home without problems using movable-do.__ It was purely the
>> result of being forced to tear down an already-built cognitive
>> framework that was giving me difficulties.
>>
>> At least in the U.S., the continued popularity of _The Sound of
>> Music_ both on stage and with showings of the film--I've seen a
>> documentary on _TSoM_ mass singalongs, with people in costume;
>> "The Rocky Horror Picture Show on Valium" is a good way to
>> describe them:)--means that likely the vast majority of American
>> students grow up knowing movable-do. It thus seems pointless and
>> counterproductive to me to tear down that existing framework,
>> and we should seek other solutions.
>>
>> At an Eastman music cognition symposium session a few years ago,
>> Betsy Marvin described to me a proposal to use the German letters
>> for notes as a fixed-do system, to be done in tandem with a movable
>> system, either solfege or scale-degrees. That to my mind is a great
>> solution: one gets the good aspects of a fixed-do system but with a
>> set of syllables that do not interfere with already-learned connotations
>> of the usual solfege sysllables. I know that eventually Eastman went
>> with fixed-do plus scale-degrees for movable relationships; she or
>> one of the other Eastman list-members can better discuss their
>> deliberations.
>>
>>
>> Beyond this, I wish to strongly second Dmitri Tymoczko's call for
>> stronger moderation of posts, and will refrain from further
>> participation in this thread. I do, however, want to thank Nicolas
>> Mee?s, Ben Dobbs, and Peter Schubert for the several posts about
>> the earliest uses of "do" instead of "ut"--those have been extremely
>> helpful to me for my history-of-theory book.:)
>>
>> Art Samplaski
>> Ithaca, NY
>>
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>> Message: 2
>> Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2012 12:27:22 -0400
>> From: William Caplin <caplin at music.mcgill.ca>
>> To: smt-talk Talk <smt-talk at societymusictheory.org>
>> Subject: [Smt-talk] Car names
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>> What do you all make of the latest trend of Asian car manufacturers
>> naming their cars after musical terms?
>>
>> We already have Hyundai's "Sonata" and "Accent" (two of my own
>> major areas of research). Then there's Kia's "Rondo." And just
>> today I read about a new electric car from China named "Coda." (I
>> suppose a "Cadence" can't be too far in the future.)
>>
>> Clearly there's a prestige factor associated with music in Asia
>> that doesn't seem to resonate with North American or European makers.
>>
>> Have I missed others?
>>
>> Wishing you all a pleasant summer!
>>
>> Bill
>>
>>
>> ____________________________
>> William E. Caplin
>> James McGill Professor of Music Theory
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>> Department of Music Research
>> Schulich School of Music
>> McGill University
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>> Message: 3
>> Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2012 12:12:35 -0400
>> From: David Carson Berry <david.berry at uc.edu>
>> To: smt-talk at lists.societymusictheory.org
>> Subject: [Smt-talk] Seeking David Sommerville
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>> Can anyone provide me with a current e-mail address of David Sommerville
>> (PhD Eastman, 2009)?
>>
>> I?ve tried a Nazareth College address to no avail.
>>
>> Thanks and best regards,
>> --David
>>
>> David Carson Berry, Ph.D.
>> Associate Professor of Music Theory
>> University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music
>>
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