Who gave music its name? <br />It was Boethius, tinkering with treble and bass <br />Like screwdrivers <br />Falling in piles and arpeggios <br />He broke up the Romans into <br />Seven strokes of a brush <br />Seven notes black as pine <br />Rushing towards a stop <br />As brittle as an empire <br /> <br />And who placed the notes on the lines <br />Stuck them there <br />With his tongue lolling from his mouth? <br />Italy's sheepdog <br />Guido D'Arezzo <br />Symbolist entrepreneur <br />Lover of paste and water: <br />He carries the notes to the vine <br />And pushes them in <br />Like God making grapes<br /><br />Mark Leci<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/music-theory-for-the-bored-and-confused/
