Divamensch

Jane and I went to the opening concert of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center season. It was a program of music by four American composers, all pieces written in the 20th century. I've been to many concerts of theirs and every single one has been outstanding in terms of programming and performance. I'm a subscriber and wish I had started that many years ago. William Bolcom, *Three Rags for String Quartet* (1989) Lun Li and Kristin Lee, violin Daniel Phillips, viola Ni

I said last week that it was the end of my Great Song, Wrong Title theme but I'm adding a little addendum. I was trying to decide how to explain the concept and it occurred to me that might work well to explain it by explaining the opposite - - songs that have the perfect title. The gold standard for this is The Eagles. You look at The Very Best of The Eagles and every damn song has the perfect title (I won't list them all, just the ones I love): "Take It Easy" "Witchy Woman"