tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7807018700599489326.post6235471510533884486..comments2024-03-24T07:52:17.996+00:00Comments on British Classical Music: The Land of Lost Content: Alan Rawsthorne: Overture Hallé – a last few thoughts.John Francehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11661182422946581010noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7807018700599489326.post-54240676469851166812011-11-13T12:41:10.987+00:002011-11-13T12:41:10.987+00:00Well, your examples of famous named works include ...Well, your examples of famous named works include incidental music, folk song, etc., so that the titles are ready made, as it were. Some of the others ("La mer", for example) aren't exactly brimming with imagination (and is it Debussy or Trenet?).<br /><br />More interesting, perhaps, and offering support for your theorylet, would be a list of pieces whose popularity has led to their being given names where no name originally existed (beyond, for example, "Symphony no 94").Peter J. Kinghttp://oxford.academia.edu/PeterJKingnoreply@blogger.com