Talk:Bagatelle (music)

Innocence
"The name bagatelle literally means a "trifle", as a reference to the innocent character of the piece." - what? wouldn't it be in reference to not being a serious, full work, such as a sonata?

"Innocent" does seem an odd word there. 68.186.166.197 (talk) 11:29, 28 May 2011 (UTC)

Pudding?
"The name bagatelle literally means a "trifle"" What kind of trifle? A mere nothing? or layers of custard?  almost - instinct 21:56, 7 October 2012 (UTC)
 * A mere nothing, but clearly the explanation could be improved. These culinary associations can be confusing. For example, that stick waved by a conductor in front of an orchestra is called a "baguette" in French.—Jerome Kohl (talk) 22:07, 7 October 2012 (UTC)
 * That's a shame. I was hoping I could make this alteration: "Custard Pie is a bagatelle on the English rock band Led Zeppelin's sixth album, Physical Graffiti, released in 1975."  almost - instinct 19:49, 8 October 2012 (UTC)
 * I know. "There is nothing as horrifying as witnessing a beautiful theory being murdered by a brutal gang of facts." ;-)—Jerome Kohl (talk) 20:06, 8 October 2012 (UTC)