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Thursday 29 October 2015

Love's Last Rites

I lay you to rest, alongside Gershwin 
Along with my Rhapsody in Blue.
There in amidst moments in Thumri. 
In Dadra, Khayal, and in Ghazal

Auden steps in, stops all the clocks.
Winehouse walks out back to black. 
And still no Cadence just Vamp till cue 
All encore the Prelude, my Canto Ostinato 




Glossary

Thumri: (in Hindustani classical music) a light romantic form.
Dadra: Hindustani classical rhythmic cycle
Khayal: a traditional type of song from the northern part of the Indian subcontinent, with instrumental accompaniment and typically having two main stanzas.
Ghazal:  a lyric poem with a fixed number of verses and a repeated rhyme, typically on the theme of love, and normally set to music
Cadence (music): a melodic and/or harmonic configuration at the end of a phrase, section, or piece of music

Vamp till cue: A jazz, fusion, and musical theatre term which instructs rhythm section members to repeat and vary a short ostinato passage, riff, or "groove" until the band leader or conductor instructs them to move onto the next section

Prelude: musical composition, usually brief, that is generally played as an introduction to another, larger musical piece
Canto Ostinato: obstinate song

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