Donald Clarke wrote:

> Mimi, do you mean that you are stuck on a fragment but
> can't remember what piece it is from?

Oh, that happens all the time! Or worse yet, because it fragments my
attention, I might be listening to a symphony by one composer and hear
something that makes me think of another piece or composer but I can't
remember which piece.  That drives me mad!

> Or that you just can't get it out of your head?

That's really what I meant by 'sticky' piece. It happens most often the
way Steve Schwartz just mentioned, when I almost but not-quite have the
whole passage in my head and I need to hear it till I can get it right.

> .... Lots of things. Often
> something intensely rhythmic, and if I could remember what
> piece it was, I'd go and put the CD on...!

Fortunately my husband has a good musical memory too, so we can generally
figure out what it is ... or I call my daughter on the phone and sing
to her.

> PS I adore Sibelius's 3rd.

Mmmmmmmmmmmmm.
Easy to love.

Mimi Ezust

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