Klarinet Archive - Posting 000003.txt from 2004/11
From: George Kidder <gkidder@-----.org> Subj: Re: [kl] An ode to the polka Date: Mon, 1 Nov 2004 08:33:18 -0500
Dan,
Having grown up in the Connecticut river valley in Western Massachusetts, I=
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can attest to the general accuracy of this picture. Good story!
At 04:11 PM 10/29/2004, Dan Leeson wrote:
>Since the subject of polkas has come up, I submit a short story I
>wrote some years ago when I was trying to get a collection of
>short stories published. The dates in the title refer to the era
>about which I am writing.
>
>
>POLKA, POLKA (1950-1954)
>
> "See me dance the polka," begins the thirteenth of 21 poems
>created by Dame Edith Sitwell for Sir William Walton's Fa=E7ade, a
>sophisticated entertainment that requires both musicians and one
>or more narrators. But Sitwell's elegant text and Walton's wry,
>urbane, and jazzy music forces one to the unmistakable conclusion
>that neither ever attended a Polish wedding or spent a Saturday
>evening social at a White Eagle hall.
>
> On this matter, Walton should have asked me for advice.
><SNIP> (too long to repeat, though worth repeating)
George Kidder
Bar Harbor=20
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