[Dixielandjazz] Two Nineteen

[Anton Crouch]

The popularity of Honegger's Pacific 231 (Whyte 4-6-2) tends to divert 
attention from the craftsmanship of the piece - an exercise in 
maintenance of momentum with decreasing speed.

But, a 219? A locomotive with eighteen trailing wheels? The mind boggles.

All the best,
Anton


On 22/10/2013 08:42, ROBERT R. CALDER wrote:
> 2.19 or 219 ????
>
>
> Obviously this -- unlike its possible use as a time signature (2/19) by Red Allen's admirer Don Ellis, but like the train (or engine aka Motive Power Unit) whose number Artur Honegger included in the title of one composition --
>
> was before Coltrane.