Re: GG: Wagner transcription

["Kris Shapar" <kshapar@nicom.com>]

Upright pianos in this sense were more like furniture than musical 
instruments, indications of middle-class upperclass-wannabees 
"gentile" status -- especially because of their placement in a "parlor". 

I think "Aunt Sadie" doesn't refer to anyone in particular but rather 
evokes the lady/matron of such a genteel house.

"Fast and loose" -- as in "playing fast and loose with the rules" -- 
taking whatever liberties with form, rules, or structure that you can 
get away with.

HTH.......

Kris Shapar
On 10 Jul 98, about GG: Wagner transcription, Junichi Miyazawa <walkingtune@bigfoot.com> had this to say:

> Now, questions:
> Who is "Aunt Sadie"?  
> What is the "parlor upright"?
> What does "fast and loose" mean?
>