Condi Liar
This has been bothering me for ages about Coldoleezza Rice and I have to repeat it. Con Dolcezza doesn't exist as a musical mode. You can play it Dolce, you can play it Dolcissima, but Con Dolcezza is fantasy.
The discombobulated choice of Condoleezza made by her parents approximates condoglianza or condolence. Condoleezza even lies about the origin of her name.
Yeah, and I'm sad too.
The discombobulated choice of Condoleezza made by her parents approximates condoglianza or condolence. Condoleezza even lies about the origin of her name.
Yeah, and I'm sad too.
posted by Nur-al-Cubicle | 7:03 AM
2 Comments:
You are right to ask, L-A. I can't seem to google a quote from Dr. Rice herself but the tom-toms of justification beat out this:
Her name Condoleezza comes from the Italian musical notation “con dulce” or “con dolcezza,” meaning to play “with sweetness.”This precise sentence is all over the place. Kinda creepy, like in Costa-Gavras film, "Z", when all the suspects in a political murder use the same phrase (I think it was 'lithe as a jaguar')in their depositions.
Arriving to this late...I am an amateur musician who has read most of the major chamber music literature, and I have never seen "con dolcezza" anywhere. It's not in my music dictionary, although dolce and dolcissima are.
A recent bio of Condi (by Elizabeth Bumiller? not sure) says that her parents wanted to name her "Allegra," from the tempo marking "Allegro." They decided against it because Allegro means "fast" and they didn't want her to get teased. So they settled on Condolcezza. But they were wrong - "Allegro" actually means "happy"; "presto" means fast.
So like so much else, even her name is based on a lie.
And what is it with Southern black girls' names getting mangled? Condolcezza comes out as Condoleezza, Orpah comes out Oprah (as in Winfrey). What gives?
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