Klarinet Archive - Posting 000160.txt from 2005/01

From: "dnleeson" <dnleeson@-----.net>
Subj: RE: [kl] RE: Simeon Bellison library /archive
Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2005 10:33:31 -0500

There was no psychology to my statement about the title. Rather,
if one translates the title from Russian into English, the
correct translation is not "Overture on Hebrew Themes." It is
"Overture on Yiddish Themes." When Prokofiev wrote it that is
the title he gave it, but somehow it was considered
inappropriate, so it became fancified. Find an edition printed
in Russian and ask someone to translate the title for you.

Dan Leeson
DNLeeson@-----.net

-----Original Message-----
From: Audrey Travis [mailto:vsofan@-----.ca]
Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2005 6:39 AM
To: klarinet@-----.org
Subject: Re: [kl] RE: Simeon Bellison library /archive

I know I'm not Dan, but.... Hebrew refers to music written in
Israel,
which has a different feel and flavour to music written in the
Yiddish
language. Yiddish was the Jewish language of the Diaspora and
often has
a feeling of pathos, yearning and sadness at not being in the
beloved
land of their forefathers. Hebrew music is written by a free,
strong
and happy people in their own land.

David Niethamer wrote:

>
> 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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