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Re: QUERY: "Cakewalking" in "Speak, Memory" (fwd)
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From: Michael Lam <mlam@ditell.com>
Regarding Joseph Piercy's "cakewalking" query...
Despite his alleged aversion to music (much discussed here lately), Nabokov
may have come by the term "cakewalk"--as I did in my youth--through
acquaintance with Debussy's "Golliwog's Cakewalk".
Regarding Joseph Piercy's "cakewalking" query...
Despite his alleged aversion to music (much discussed here lately), Nabokov
may have come by the term "cakewalk"--as I did in my youth--through
acquaintance with Debussy's "Golliwog's Cakewalk".