Klarinet Archive - Posting 000155.txt from 2005/01

From: David Niethamer <niethamer@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] RE: Simeon Bellison library /archive
Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2005 07:27:09 -0500


On Jan 11, 2005, at 2:27 PM, dnleeson wrote:

> Sarah, the Prokofiev has always been called by the wrong name
> because the themes are not Hebrew as you well know. They were
> supposedly written for Prokofiev (or suggested to him) by
> Bellison, and the original title of the work is "Overture on
> Yiddish Themes." Being a Yiddishist myself, I always played it
> under that title.
>
Dan, for those of us who aren't familiar with the finer points - could
you explain (in 25 words or less - the "eingang", not the cadenza!) the
difference between Hebrew and Yiddish in this context?

Thanks,

David

David B. Niethamer
dnietham@-----.edu
http://members.aol.com/~dbnclar1/index.html

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