Comment by TONY BRYAN yesterday

A great performance, Ethan, not forgetting Emma! Your clarity is a wonder and an achievement we should all be striving for. 

Nuts and Wine is a favo(u)rite of mine but I don't have your patience with the constant rallentandos - as usual, I like to just gallop through from start to finish. (Never mind the quality, how's that for speed?)

Anyone any idea why the title?  I had heard an opinion that N&W was the name of a horse, but no-one could produce any evidence.  A horse that was constantly slowing down?  I must admit, I have known a few like that. 

Regards.

Tony

Comment by Ethan Schwartz 23 hours ago

Thanks, Tony! Peabody's thesis on Morley doesn't identify Nuts and Wine as one of the several compositions named after specific horses. But it is most definitely racing-themed, given how it quotes Camptown Races. Perhaps nuts and wine is what spectators would consume (like how one might consume beer and mixed nuts at a sporting event today)?  

Comment by Richard William Ineson 4 hours ago

Nuts and wine were a traditional Christmas thing some time ago, but I cannot detect any Yuletide undertones in this composition. Perhaps Morley composed it/sold it around Christmas time and bought some nuts and wine with the money he received from the publisher?

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