Favorite name for a musical work

[EigenUser]

I'm surprised I'm the first to bring P.D.Q. Bach into this thread!  "Iphigenia in Brooklyn", "Concerto for Horn and Hardart", "The Art of the Ground Round", "Grand Serenade for an Awful Lot of Winds and Percussion", and my personal favorite (just discovered on Wikipedia): "Lip My Reeds"! (S. 32')

On a more serious note, I'm rather partial to "The Poem of Ecstasy."

Isn't there one called "Concerto for Piano vs. Orchestra"? I think that would be a fitting title for Bartok 1.

[North Star]

Isn't there one called "Concerto for Piano vs. Orchestra"? I think that would be a fitting title for Bartok 1.

That's P.D.Q. Bach.

But it's a rather pointless joke, as concerto already has (also) that meaning: conserere (to tie, to join, to weave) & certamen (competition, fight)

[king ubu]

got to dig into the jazz bag here ...

"All the Things You Could Be by Now If Sigmund Freud's Wife Was Your Mother" (Charles Mingus)

also love this one by Hank Mobley: "Funk in Deep Freeze"

[Karl Henning]

got to dig into the jazz bag here ...

"All the Things You Could Be by Now If Sigmund Freud's Wife Was Your Mother" (Charles Mingus)

Very good. Honorable mention:  "The Shoes of the Fisherman's Wife Are Some Jive-Ass Slippers"

[king ubu]

Very good. Honorable mention:  "The Shoes of the Fisherman's Wife Are Some Jive-Ass Slippers"

That was indeed the other one that popped to mind immediately! 

[springrite]

All My Hummingbirds have alibis

[Brian]

Very good. Honorable mention:  "The Shoes of the Fisherman's Wife Are Some Jive-Ass Slippers"

Where do we rank "If Charlie Parker Was a Gunslinger, There'd Be a Whole Lotta Dead Copycats"?

[jochanaan]

Isn't there one called "Concerto for Piano vs. Orchestra"? I think that would be a fitting title for Bartok 1.

Hmmm...Interesting viewpoint.  Especially since I feel that in Bartok 1 the piano is even more closely integrated with the orchestra (especially the percussion section) than in most major concertos...

[EigenUser]

Hmmm...Interesting viewpoint.  Especially since I feel that in Bartok 1 the piano is even more closely integrated with the orchestra (especially the percussion section) than in most major concertos...

Technically, yes (highlighted by his desire to have it performed with the percussion up front next to the piano). But, it is a very "bangy" concerto where the soloist and orchestra are vying for attention, especially toward the end/recapitulation of the 1st movement. Then there are sections that seem like the piano and orchestra are chasing each other, mainly in the third movement. I love this piece so much -- it may be my favorite PC! It's always fighting with Bartok 2 for that slot.

[Karl Henning]

No love for Piano Sonata № 1 in G Major? . . .

[king ubu]

Where do we rank "If Charlie Parker Was a Gunslinger, There'd Be a Whole Lotta Dead Copycats"?

Straight to the top! Next to "Lisa's Too Short to Run for President"