Explain your nickname :P

[Bouter Boogie]

I know this subject might be odd, but explain your nickname 

A friend of mine made up a nickname for me.. Kabouter is the word in Dutch for gnome.. Because I'm not very tall (1.55m  ) they always call me kabouter at school (yea, I luv my friends  ) and Bouter is short for Kabouter.. The word Boogie sounds funny in combination with Bouter so that's why my nickname is Bouter Boogie 

Interesting, eh?

[Black_Key]

My name was supposed to be something sleek, cool and abstract (like Gerwshin's title "Rhapsody in Blue"). So I thought Black Key would be cool, sorta like a minor key or something.

But then I listened to Chopin's Opus. 10 No. 5 and the connotation has stuck.

[Toivot]

I got my name at a strange homepage for witches and magic and stuff like that, where you can find out your 'real name' 
It means something like 'searching for hope' 

[Chrysalis]

chrys·a·lis   Audio pronunciation of "chrysalis" ( P )  Pronunciation Key  (krs-ls)
n. pl. chrys·a·lis·es or chry·sal·i·des (kr-sl-dz)

   1. A pupa, especially of a moth or butterfly, enclosed in a firm case or cocoon.
   2. A protected stage of development.

thats what my name is about, i use it for years and years on internet, forums, games etc so if u see a chrysalis on a forum good chance it is me

[Torp]

I had to stretch really far for my name.....uh, it's my last name.  I know, prosaic, but it easy to remember.

Jef

[solange]

Well, Solange is my real name

so.....no imagination there!

[thalbergmad]

I think mine might explain itself

[Goldberg]

I think mine might explain itself

...well! Apparently NOT! Thalbergmad, I have waited and waited ever since you posted this and so far your screen name has hardly uttered a peep, much less one iota about itself. This certainly requires disciplinary action if you aren't going to allow your nick to be so disobedient.

In other news, I think my screen name has been explained in numerous "Goldberg Variations" threads and if you haven't read it there, well, I just kind of gave it away, so...

[rob47]

I thought mine was pretty self explanatory, I'm a female named Ivana and i'm 8 years old.

[Tash]

even this topic needs to be researched!

https://www.pianoforum.net/smf/index.php/topic,2169.0.html

and i swear there was another one going at the same time as this except i can't find it...

[haydn]

o, `just search for a pianist`s name, Mozart sounded a bit odd, but my sister told me that haydn was good ! and it is !

[ludwig]

I think mine might explain itself

you mean Liszt's good ole pal? 

[tds]

as for mine, hmm.. *clears throat*..., *gets distracted*.. oh,  by the way, i hear you, tash. thanks for making me not repeat what's been said before. tds 

[thalbergmad]

...well! Apparently NOT! Thalbergmad, I have waited and waited ever since you posted this and so far your screen name has hardly uttered a peep, much less one iota about itself. This certainly requires disciplinary action if you aren't going to allow your nick to be so disobedient.

In other news, I think my screen name has been explained in numerous "Goldberg Variations" threads and if you haven't read it there, well, I just kind of gave it away, so...

I was going to start a Thalberg thread, but i was worried in case i ended up having conversations with myself.

I adore his music and have done for many years, but it is not exactly popular.

Anyone else ever played any Thalberg??

[Goldberg]

I have heard, and "sight-read around with" a few Thalberg pieces and I actually find him a little difficult to get into. At first I anticipated a natural inclination towards his music because I thought, at the time, that I am "made" for Romantic piano "salon" music like Thalberg, Pixis, Herz, Tausig, Rosenthal, Hummel (well, ok, he's a little pre-Romantic), Czerny (same), and even Liszt, but really I found it mostly doesn't do a whole lot for me. Maybe I'm just not listening to the right pianists. Would you recommend anyone in particular for Thalberg, thalbergmad? I can't quite put my finger on it, but there's just something about the music that leaves me a little unsatisfied. I'd rather stick with Liszt!

On the other hand, I've only heard and seen his operatic fantasies. How about his original compositions? I believe there is a piece by Thalberg called "Un soupir, Melodie variee pour piano" which I happen to like a lot, but otherwise I haven't heard much!

[thalbergmad]

A Nice selection of his music has been released on the Naxos label. The Italian Pianist Nicolosi has recorded many of his Fantasias. There was also a stunning recording by Earl Wild on a CD called The Art of the Transcription.

My personal favourites are the Bellini-Sonnambula and Rossini-Semiramide which i am learning at the moment. As far as original compositions are concerned, the Piano Concerto is a youthful gem and the Nocturne Op28 is a tear jerker.

I guess i was originally attracted to him because of his famous duel with Liszt and his ability to make 2 hands sound like 3. I did not instantly fall in love with his music, it just crept up on me.

If you would like to view any scores, please feel free to PM me and i will gladly send anything i have.

[wintervind]

Chopin Etude Op 25 no. 11
Never played it either

[Teddybear]

I have a lot of teddybears.

I got my name at a strange homepage for witches and magic and stuff like that, where you can find out your 'real name' 
It means something like 'searching for hope' 

Hmm. This is strange. Your name means 'hopes' (as in plural) or 'you hope/wish' in Finnish.

T

[trunks]

Self explanatory.
I'm Kevin living in Macau. 

[i_m_robot]

self explainatory

[chozart]

wow first post here for quite a while now..

right, now, well, my friend and I once were just being goofy and talking about random things and combining things we both like.. and I thought of one relating our music tastes - it combines her love of Chopin and mine for Mozart => hence, Chozart.