Show TAKE MY WORD FOR IT ITy By y Frank Colby SOUTH BEND On a recent program of our Civic Music an orchestral number was listed as a Ive I've searched the dictionaries and asked musicians but can find no explanation of the strange word 1 Will Vill you please it for your readers and me-G. me me G. G. G 0 O. O T. T A. A G is French It Itis Itis Itis is spelled with an acute accent accent aigu over the first e ue The word is formed from the Greek naked bare plus foot fool This Tins word is isso isso isso so new that it does not appear in English and French dictionaries at least not in the dictionaries of my library But here is the proper definition is a noun that designates a musical musical musical mus mus- ical number to be played for barefoot dancers The French pronunciation is pay naw It seems likely however that when the word becomes better known the pronunciation will be modified so as to conform with English noe JIM-noe- phonetics possibly PEEdee But that of course is speculation on my part Perhaps the best known compositions compositions compositions com com- positions are No 1 and No 2 by Erik Enk Sati Satt R RCA ReA C A Victor lists recordings recordings recordings record record- ings of the numbers by Leopold and the Philharmonic orchestra and by Serge and the Boston Symphony Symphony Symphony Sym Sym- phony orchestra Here is a pastern paste- paste in rn for your dictionaries n no noun o u n from naked bare plus foot oot A musical number number number num num- ber for or barefoot dancers a ballet ballet ballet bal bal- let dance performed with the f feet fee e e t b a e. e Pronunciation French pay naw Released by Bell Ben Syndicate Inc |