LL-L: "Neologisms" LOWLANDS-L, 13.SEP.2001 (02) [E]

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From: Muriel Norde [muriel.norde at hum.uva.nl]
Subject: Re: LL-L: "Neologisms" LOWLANDS-L, 07.SEP.2001 (02) [E]

Simon van der Walt wrote:

>I am a composer of contemporary music, and I have been trying to think of a
>title for a piece of music I have written. My thinking has led me to coin
>the (Dutch) neologism 'straalvluegel', with the intention of titling the
>piece 'de straalvleugel'.
>
>I would be curious to have the opinion of the members of this list as to
>whether this sounds plausible. If you saw this word, what would you think
it
>meant? (I don't wish to prejudice anyone's thinking at this stage by
>revealing what I think it might mean!)

Since this is the title of a piece of music, I interpreted <-vleugel> not
as "wing" but as "grand piano". The first element of the compound,
<straal-> I associated with <straal-jager> "jet fighter". Hence, my first
intuition was one of a piano-concert involving a prestissimo part of
dazzling virtuosity for the pianist. But then I may be totally wrong, and I
hope the composer will reveal to us what he had in mind!

Muriel Norde
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