Re: Jewish Music?: Druckman

[robert wiener <wiener...>]

Glancing through my files, I came across the following program at the
U.S. Holocaust Museum including Ran's setting of Nelly Sachs poetry.

March 26, 2000
Tom Myron "Kathe Kollwitz for Soprano & String Quartet" with poems by
Muriel Rukeyser (1998) !
Sheila Silver "Piano Trio "To the Spirit Unconquered" (1992) !
inspired  by Primo Levi's writing on the Holocaust
about the human spirit's ability to transcend devastating
circumstances
Shulamit Ran "O the Chimneys" (1969)

Bob

-----Original Message-----
From: Kame'a Media <media (at) kamea(dot)com>
To: World music from a Jewish slant <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
Date: Wednesday, March 01, 2000 7:43 PM
Subject: Re: Jewish Music?: Druckman


>This piqued my interest.  So I found a reference I thought I'd share.
>Fraidy
>
>http://encarta.msn.com/find/Concise.asp?z=1&pg=2&ti=03306000
>
>George Robinson wrote:
>
>> Sachs was a German Jew who fled to Sweden, and it was there that
she did
>> most of her best-known writing. She shared the Nobel with S.Y.
Agnon (we
>> wouldn't want to give it to Jews too many times, now would we?).
She is
>> an excellent poet, also a playwright, and a close friend of Paul
Celan
>> -- their correspondence was published a couple of years ago.
>
>>
>>
>> George Robinson
>>
>> Ari Davidow wrote:
>> >
>> > Nelly Sachs won the Nobel prize for literature, I believe, in
1966 or thereabouts. I don't know any more about her, or how (if) she
was
>> > Jewishly identified, except that she was also German, which made
>> > quite a statement at the time.
>> >
>> > ari
>> >
>> > At 02:55 PM 3/1/00 -0500, you wrote:
>> > >I thought that some of you might be interested in this
correspondence.
>> > >
>> > >Bob
>> > >
>> > >-----Original Message-----
>> > >From: Arthur R. Johnson <nyphilomuse (at) worldnet(dot)att(dot)net>
>> > >To: wiener (at) mindspring(dot)com <wiener (at) mindspring(dot)com>
>> > >Date: Wednesday, March 01, 2000 2:31 PM
>> > >Subject: Re: New York Philomusica recordings
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >>Dear Bob,
>> > >>
>> > >>Thank you for your inquiry earlier today about Jacob Druckman's
>> > >music.  The
>> > >>piece that you asked about, Bo, is actually about a group of
people
>> > >>extracted from Vietnam and left on the open seas to die (these
people
>> > >were
>> > >>called "boat people).
>> > >>
>> > >>We have recorded a piece by Shulamit Ran, however.  She is an
Israeli
>> > >>composer who composed "O, The Chimneys," poems by Nelly Sachs
set for
>> > >Mezzo
>> > >>Soprano, Flute, Clarinet, Cello, Percussion, and Piano.  Nelly
Sachs
>> > >was
>> > >>Jewish and lived in Germany during the Nazi regime.  Her poems
are
>> > >about the
>> > >>holocaust.  The piece is on a CD entitled 20th Century Vocies
in
>> > >America, on
>> > >>the Vox Label.  There are other groups and other composers
featured
>> > >on the
>> > >>CD as well.  We have copies for sale if you are interested.
The
>> > >recording
>> > >>is old enough that I don't believe you will find it in Tower or
other
>> > >>retailers.
>> > >>
>> > >>Does this help?  Please let me know if I can be of further
>> > >assistance.  Feel
>> > >>free to call (212) 580-9933 or email at
nyphilomuse (at) worldnet(dot)att(dot)net(dot)
>> > >>
>> > >>Many thanks!
>> > >>
>> > >>Best wishes,
>> > >>
>> > >>Lori Harnes
>> > >>General Manager
>> > >>New York Philomusica
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >BTW, the Ran piece was originally released on a Turnabout LP.
>> > >
>> > >
>> >
>>
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