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<font face="Verdana">Bill seems to forget that the initiative came, years ago, from Honda, with their Accord and Prelude models</font><br><br><font face="Verdana">Paul Cadrin<br><em>Musicologue sans frontières<br>Montréal (Québec) Canada</em></font><br> <BR><div><div id="SkyDrivePlaceholder"></div>> From: caplin@music.mcgill.ca<br>> Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2012 12:27:22 -0400<br>> To: smt-talk@societymusictheory.org<br>> Subject: [Smt-talk] Car names<br>> <br>> What do you all make of the latest trend of Asian car manufacturers naming their cars after musical terms?<br>> <br>> 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.) <br>> <br>> Clearly there's a prestige factor associated with music in Asia that doesn't seem to resonate with North American or European makers. <br>> <br>> Have I missed others? <br>> <br>> Wishing you all a pleasant summer!<br>> <br>> Bill<br>> <br>> <br>> ____________________________<br>> William E. Caplin<br>> James McGill Professor of Music Theory<br>> <br>> Department of Music Research<br>> Schulich School of Music<br>> McGill University<br>> <br>> 555 Sherbrooke Street West<br>> Montreal, Quebec<br>> Canada H3A 1E3<br>> <br>> office: (514) 398-4535 x00279<br>> home: (514) 488-3270<br>> http://www.music.mcgill.ca/~caplin/Home.html<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> _______________________________________________<br>> Smt-talk mailing list<br>> Smt-talk@lists.societymusictheory.org<br>> http://lists.societymusictheory.org/listinfo.cgi/smt-talk-societymusictheory.org<br></div> </div></body>
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