Jonathan Knapp <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >The technique is called "text painting." Other examples are readily found >in Haydn's "Creation." Many instances in Britten as well; Spring Symphony has quite a few. Mitch Friedfeld <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >Outside of classical music, Elvis Costello in "Alison" stops the music at >the word "Stop" (IIRC). Of course, he appropriated it from Marvin Gaye, by way of James Taylor. - seb