Klarinet Archive - Posting 000023.txt from 2005/04

From: "Warren Rosenberg" <wrosenberg47@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Concert Announcement
Date: Sat, 02 Apr 2005 18:01:00 -0500

What was the original title in Russian?
Someone on this list must speak russian and the two distinct words in
Russian for Yiddish or Hebrew, two distinct languages, one ancient
(relatively speaking) and one, fairly modern.
Seeing the word in the title in Russian should almost speak for itself.

Amongst Jews, yid is not a pejorative word. Ask a Chassid. Among non-jews,
the word is probably not well-known.

The French title "Overture sur Themes Juifs" means Overture on Jewish
Themes. Je suis un juif, par example.

Again, what is the title in Russian. The French translator translating from
Russian may have made a mistake, but I doubt it. And I doubt that with the
anti-semitism in Russia and Europe at that time, the composer thought he
would "hide" something by using the word, Hebrew.

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From: <GrabnerWG@-----.com>
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Sent: Saturday, April 02, 2005 2:37 PM
Subject: Re: [kl] Concert Announcement

> In a message dated 4/1/2005 2:02:20 PM Central Standard Time,
> dnleeson@-----.net writes:
> The Russian title does not translate to "Overture on Hebrew Themes." 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 embarrassment 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").>>
>
> Dan, I was aware of your earlier post on this subject. The person listing
> the program simply took the information from the title page of the
> International Music Company edition.
>
> There is NO embarrassment concerning the "ethnicity." Three of the six of
us
> are Jewish, and, for heavens sake, we are playing in Highland Park, IL,
> which has seven synagogues and only six Christian churches!
>
> Walter Grabner
> www.clarinetXpress.com
> World-class clarinet mouthpieces
>
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