{"product_id":"flagello-sweet-nothings-just-theory","title":"Flagello: Sweet Nothings","description":"\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eComposer\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/gala-flagello\"\u003eGala Flagello (1994-)\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cstrong class=\"original-instrumentation-title\"\u003eInstrumentation\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cspan class=\"original-instrumentation\"\u003ePiano, Alto Saxophone\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWork\u003c\/strong\u003e: Sweet Nothings (2023)\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli class=\"binding hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBinding\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISMN\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cspan class=\"book-barcode\"\u003e9790094011082\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSize\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cspan class=\"book-width\"\u003e8.9\u003c\/span\u003e x \u003cspan class=\"book-length\"\u003e12.0\u003c\/span\u003e inches\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli class=\"book-pages\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePages\u003c\/strong\u003e: 34\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"row\"\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c!-- split --\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"row\"\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"one-half columns\"\u003e \u003ch4\u003eDescription\u003c\/h4\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"feature_divider\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cp\u003eDuration 10'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSweet Nothings\u003c\/em\u003e (2022) was commissioned by Connor O'Toole and a consortium of 17 saxophonists and explores the idiom \"sweet nothings\" through both lyricism and virtuosity. The first recorded use of this phrase occurred in 1876 by poet Edwin Coller in his \"Black Sir Ralph: An Essex Legend,\" published in Volume 28 of the London magazine Belgravia founded by novelist Mary Elizabeth Braddon. Today, \"sweet nothings\" are defined as \"words of affection exchanged by lovers,\" but the more I contemplated the phrase itself, the more I noticed its inherent oxymoronic nature: How can something be both kind and cursory, meaningful but fleeting? Are sweet nothings just passing niceties, or can they stick with us (as this phrase has done for over 146 years)?\u003cem\u003e Sweet Nothings\u003c\/em\u003e begins in a world of nothings—repeated Cs, 0 in set theory—and creates somethings from there, examining this idiomatic phenomenon through texture and tempi shifts.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Just a Theory Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45264876666959,"sku":"JAT-110-082-SP","price":40.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0900\/1828\/files\/3986f682de2c8d166d3763904d074ad6.webp?v=1779210099","url":"https:\/\/www.ficksmusic.com\/products\/flagello-sweet-nothings-just-theory","provider":"Ficks Music","version":"1.0","type":"link"}