Pynchon & rap

[CyrusGeo at netscape.net]

jbor <jbor at bigpond.com> wrote:
>

> My knowledge of music isn't good enough to visualise (auralise?) what the
> toe-tapping "Air" which Ethelmer plays for them as an example might equate
> to -- the tempo of a minuet, 32 measures, four stanza, eight bars, sandwich
> and filling etc (262) -- I wonder if it is the classic verse-chorus-verse
> structure of the standard three minute pop song?

As Pynchon mentions a few lines above in the same page (M&D, 262), the name of the air is "To Anacreon in Heaven". It was written in c.1780, probably by the British composer John Stafford Smith. The melody is well known, since it was later used for the American National Anthem, with different words, of course. For more, quite interesting, info, go to:
http://www.contemplator.com/america/anacreon.html

Cyrus

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