Klarinet Archive - Posting 000012.txt from 2005/04

From: Joseph Wakeling <joseph.wakeling@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Concert Announcement
Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2005 17:04:34 -0500

dnleeson wrote:

> I suspect, but do not know, that playing the work under the real title
> (or I should say the real translation) might have been an embarassment
> for those who wanted to distance themselves from the ethnicity
> involved. The real title is "Overture on Yiddish Themes" (with other
> translations suggesting, "Overture on Jewish Themes").

I would suspect rather it's that the translators believed that "Hebrew"
or "Jewish" (the latter being a literal translation, no?) were simply
more likely to be taken seriously than "Yiddish", the former being an
ancient Biblical term of acknowledged high nobility, whereas the latter
is only a breath away from "Yid", an anti-Semitic slur (as "Paki" is
vis-à-vis "Pakistani").

Marvellous music, though, whatever you call it. :-)

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