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'''''Daleko m’ê moj Split''''' 
Croatian: Split, my home, is far away. An aria from the operetta Mala Floramye by Ivo Tijardović.

'''a black Moor’s head in a fancy white turban''' 
The Morčić, a talisman associated with the city of Rijeka, perhaps originating during the wars against the Ottomans. Earrings depicting the Morčić were worn, particularly fishermen, for good luck and protection.

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'''"They’ll [musicians] excuse your [vocalist’s] accent, but miss a double-dot on the beat and they’ll never let you forget it."''' 
The duration of a note is increased by half (with a single dot). But with a "double-dot" the note is increased by half of the new value (i.e., a quarter with a double-dot = 1 + 1/2 + ¼). Very rare and very complex. A cardinal sin in live playing is to enter early or late instead of "on the beat."

'''"C-melody sax"''' 
A saxophone tuned to C, between the tenor sax in Bb and the alto in Eb, useful to play family music along with a piano. They were only produced in the 1920s, and production ended with the Great Depression when there was no longer a market for it.

'''"... a smile at the band for going easy with practical jokes such as unannounced key changes"''' 
Savvy vocalists prefer a specific key signature in which to sing a tune. Changing a key (especially suddenly) can result in a "train wreck."

'''"Hop Wingdale ... salaciously wiggling his licorice stick in her [Daphne’s] direction"''' 
"licorice stick" is slang for clarinet, the suggestion of a penis.

'''"Caught me [Hop] right in the middle [of the tune, probably the "bridge" or "release"] ... had to stop and go back to the tonic"''' 
the "tonic" is the tonal center of a tune, the key the tune is in

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'''"a continuous wind outside ... a theremin of uneasiness, sliding around a narrow band of notes"''' 
The theremin is an electronic instrument controlled by waving the hands. Invented by Leon Theremin in the 1920s. Instrument associated with "eerie" or "sci-fi" sounds. Popularized in the film ''The Day the Earth Stood Still'' (1951), music by Bernard Hermann, and in the 1960s by the Beach Boys' hit ''Good Vibrations''. Pynchon refers to the theremin in his writing as early as his short story "Entropy.' {{#ev:youtube|K6KbEnGnymk}}

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'''Waupun alumni''' 
82, Refers to the Wisconsin State Prison (since 1939, the Waupun Correctional Institution) located in Waupun, WI. This massive Gothic Revival stone structure is the oldest prison in Wisconsin.

'''Wayward, Thessalie''' 
3, works at Unamalgamated Ops; "worked as a stage mentalist," 37;

'''Wessel, Horst (1907-1930) '''
a member of the Sturmabteilung (SA), the paramilitary wing of the Nazi Party, who became a propaganda symbol in Nazi Germany following his murder in 1930 by two members of the Communist Party of Germany (KPD). After his death, Nazi Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels elevated him into a martyr for the Nazi Party. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horst_Wessel Wikipedia]

'''Wheeler, Floyd Francis "Skeet"''' 
4, "a flyweight juvenile in a porkpie hat" at Unamalgamated Ops; introduces Hicks to the "clubhouse" under the Holton Street Viaduct, 51;

[[image:Toby-Wing.jpg|thumb|150px|'''Toby Wing'''|right]]'''Wing, Toby (1915-2001)''' Toby Wing was an American actress and showgirl, once called "the most beautiful chorus girl in Hollywood." In 1931 she became one of the first [[wikipedia:Goldwyn_Girls|Goldwyn Girls]]. [[wikipedia:Toby_Wing|Wikipedia]]

'''Winchell, Walter''' 
103;

'''Winnetka Shores Psychopathic''' 
95, where Daphne has been placed by her family;

'''Wingdale, Hop''' 
90, Chicago clarinet player in the Klezmopolitans who's run off with Daphne.

'''Winnebago''' 
74, In the 1930s, the name "Winnebago" was also attached to what was then called the Northern Asylum for the Insane, on the west shore of Lake Winnebego, in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. It sometimes shows up in old newspapers or slangy speech simply as "Winnebago." The facility was a locked institution, housing both the mentally ill and, at times, criminally insane patients transferred from correctional facilities. It was renamed Winnebago State Hospital in 1935.

'''Wisebroad's Shoes''' 
104, Hicks heads there to have his bomb-parcel x-rayed;





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