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What does the word “tinpantithesis” mean in Cole Porter’s song “It’s Delovely”?

I am wondering what the definition of "tinpantithesis" is…I’m doing the musical "Anything Goes" and my character sings the Cole Porter song "It’s Delovely". It is killing me that I don’t know what this means..I mean I can kind of figure it out in the context that it is in but I don’t think it’s a real word and am wondering where it originated from. I can’t find it in the dictionary.I feel the sudden urge to singThe kind of ditty that envokes the springSo control your desire to curse While I crucify the verseThis verse I’ve started seems to beThe tinpantithesis of melodySo to spare you all that painI’ll skip the darn thing And sing the refrain

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Elmer Mueller

Feb 20, 2025

Hi.. it’s a made up word.. just like ‘delovely!’ It’s got to be from ‘Tin Pan Alley.’ Once you’ve read the history of Tin Pan Alley below, you’ll understand the play on the word "antithesis." No shortcuts here.. it’s part of the texture of American music… read:) And this is from a course reference in American music at Brown University:Furia, Philip, Poets of Tin Pan Alley: Ch. 1: Blah, Blah, Blah, Blah Love: Alley StandardsCh. 2: After the Ball: Early AlleyCh. 3: Ragged Meter Man: Irving BerlinCh. 4: Ragged and Funny: Lyricists of the 1920sCh. 5: Funny Valentine: Lorenz HartCh. 6: ‘S Wonderful: Ira GershwinCh. 7: The Tinpantithesis of Poetry: Cole Porterhttp://www.brown.edu/Facilities/University_Library… http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tin_Pan_Alleyhttp://www.songwritershalloffame.org/era_overview….http://www.parlorsongs.com/insearch/tinpanalley/ti…I hope that this helps and good luck with the play!... Show More
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Elmer Mueller

Feb 20, 2025

i know i’ve got mastered the capacity to stroll, communicate and consider. there is not something lots left to benefit in those fields, and that i will do all of it with finished ease. would not recommend I in no way stub my toe, slur some phrases, or discover a sentence now and then, yet i’ve got reached a factor the place that is thoroughly causal. i’m not an olympic sprinter, or a public speaker, or a velocity reader — those are all fullyyt separate skills — yet what I discovered is a lot to get by way of existence. I in no way neglect that the martial arts are called an paintings, whether or not that’s an eastern interpretation, yet interior the West this does have a objective. An paintings could not be something you suited. music, portray and sculpting all have close to countless capacity, yet ranges of progression which you may ought to "grasp" to get greater useful. A black belt, as we’ve defined till now at here, is approximately having a company information of the basics, or "All complication-unfastened strikes and strategies, would nicely be utilized with prolonged stress and proper utility in complication-unfastened mixture." the considerable phrases here may be "all complication-unfastened strikes and strategies" and "prolonged stress and proper utility". i might say there’s a mastery of having discovered the standards and know a thank you to place them to apply, only not something extra from the basics. i think of human beings bypass slightly too a procedures with the be conscious, using it greater often than not erroneously, however the reason of with ease and casually using what you have discovered is what they’re all implying. As for the martial arts as an entire, that i’ve got self assurance is impossible, noticeably as an paintings.... Show More
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Elmer Mueller

Feb 20, 2025

I have no idea, but when I typed it into Google, a bunch of stuff came up. It wasn’t listed in a dictionary, or a musical dictionary. Whatever it is, you can buy it off of ebay.http://feedback.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewFeed…... Show More

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