Klarinet Archive - Posting 000295.txt from 2005/06

From: "David Blumberg" <blummy@-----.net>
Subj: RE: [kl] L'Abime
Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2005 17:35:37 -0400

Here's info on the POW camp Silesia which was where the composer was held.

http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1778.html

Most Concentration camps he wouldn't have lasted a month in - sometimes even
1 day.

David Blumberg
http://www.mytempo.com

-----Original Message-----
From: Julianne Kirk <julianne2000@-----.com>
Sent: Jun 16, 2005 12:01 AM
To: klarinet@-----.org
Subject: RE: [kl] L'Abime

Abyss of the Birds - Written as part of the Quartet for the end of time
while Messiaen was in a concentration camp - very interesting history on the
piece.

Julianne Kirk

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fred jacobowitz <fbjacobo@-----.net>
Subject: RE: [kl] L'Abime
Message-ID:
<10488353.1118931408100.JavaMail.root@-----.net>

NOT A CONCENTRATION CAMP!!!!!!! It was a POW camp. They were VASTLY
different things.

Fred Jacobowitz

-----Original Message-----
From: Julianne Kirk <julianne2000@-----.com>
Sent: Jun 16, 2005 12:01 AM
To: klarinet@-----.org
Subject: RE: [kl] L'Abime

Abyss of the Birds - Written as part of the Quartet for the end of time
while Messiaen was in a concentration camp - very interesting history on the
piece.

Julianne Kirk

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