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Thread #167430 Message #4157739
Posted By: GUEST,Phil d'Conch
15-Nov-22 - 05:07 PM
Thread Name: Maritime work song in general
Subject: RE: Maritime work song in general
A Lexicon of Wagnerian Gibberish
or
Non-lexical vocables in music
eg:
Heia
Interjection
1. aha! come now! come on! (expressing delight, playful remonstrance, encouragement)
2. you don't say?
Heu
Interjection
oh! alas! ah!, ay! (expressing dismay, grief, pain, indignation)
Wagnerian:
Opzanger Brünnhilde's heiarop ––
Hojotoho! Hojotoho!
Heiaha! Heiaha! Hojotoho! Heiaha!
See also: Columbanus & Heia Viri (above.)
PS: The Latin word for “work” is: opera.