cool slang names for pieces

[Elizabeth Volpé Bligh]

Now that we have some cool slang names for harps, how about pieces? When I played in the National Ballet Orchestra, we referred to “Swan Lake” as “Hog Pond” presumably because it went from “Swan” to “Swine” and thence to “Hog”. Other gems: “Medication from “Thais””, “Invitation to the Prance”, “Ariadne auf Nachos”.

[unknown-user]

The Lazy Hen suite (L’Arlessienne)

[fay-marie-reinhardt]

Fur Elise = Furry Leaves

[Briggsie B. Peawiggle]

He Brides…….

[Holly Gloff]

Well, there’s always Battered Bride for Bartered Bride, “Rinse the coffee cups” for Rimsky-Korsakov, and Sweeney Todd became Swiney Toad after a few too many nights in the pit…(nope, not playing harp).

[c-k]

You say ‘Carmeena’ I say ‘Carmahna’, let’s Carl the whole thing Orff!

[kay-lister]

How about Air on a G-String.

[Elizabeth Volpé Bligh]

I LOVE it!! And then there’s “The Swines of Rome” by Roast Piggy (Respighi?). And let us not forget Taco Bell’s Canon!

[Harper Cait]

I can’t believe no one’s mentioned Tacobell’s Canon in D. Gives me acid reflux every time- just like the restaurant.

[rod-anderson]

How about Mozart’s “I’m inclined to knock music”?

[Elizabeth Volpé Bligh]

Or PDQ Bach’s Eine Kleine Nicht Musik?

[David Ice]

My fave has always been Mozart’s Hoot and Flarp Concerto.

Dave Ice

[Evangeline Williams]

Ave Verum Corpus-man bit by snake.

[rod-anderson]

If David’s going all Spooner on us, how about the Dark Bubble for the violinists?

[Elizabeth Volpé Bligh]

Another good one, not for a piece but a type of playing: “obligato” = “obble-gobble”.

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