Tuesday, July 29, 2003

DO PEOPLE NAME THEIR FISH? 

I don't really know the answer to that question, but my little Neon Tetras, when they are all assembled and cozy in their new tank, already have names. (No, I still haven't bought my damned fish -- I'm ejercatin' myself about water chemistry and maintenance. Haven't you ever just wanted to play with vials of toxins?)

Auric, Durey, Honegger, Milhaud, Poulenc, and Tailleferre. Sounds like something out of Dumas. Instead, these were the young composers who rallied around Cocteau when Surrealism was something special and spelled with a capital S. They were dubbed Les Six. Under the mentorship of Satie, they produced works ranging from the inaccessible to the sublime. Poulenc and Milhaud are the composers with whose works I am most familiar. I don't recall liking Honegger, but it's been so long since I heard him, or the others, that I can't quite recall.

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