Re: Gnesin:The Jewish orchestra at the Ball

[SamWeiss <SamWeiss...>]

A case could be made that the beginning of the piece sounds a little like 
"Vayiven Uzziyahu Migdalim..", however it continues with unrelated though 
tantalizingly familiar snatches of Jewish motives.  I listened to the audio 
samples of all six pieces in the suite, and they're all charming and 
familiar sounding but, again, original compositions.  (As a matter of fact, 
I liked the music so much that just bought one of the two discs available 
at the Amazon URL !  Thanks for the link, Bob.)
Gnesin (or Gniessin, as he's sometimes spelled) came by his Jewish musical 
chops honestly, being one of the members of the famed St. Petersburg 
Society of Jewish Folk Music.  He was the son of a rabbi and
a boy chorister with the famous cantor Eliezer Gerovitch.

At 07:01 AM 4/14/02, Bob Wiener wrote:

>Others may be able to identify the melody.  They can sample a minute's worth
>of the 2'15" work at
>http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000007RSW/002-4672930-0497631
>(If this link doesn't work, search at www.amazon.com "Classical" for
>"nothingtown".)
>
>Bob
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Henny van der Groep" <tijgervink (at) hetnet(dot)nl>
>To: "World music from a Jewish slant" <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
>Cc: <tijgervink (at) hetnet(dot)nl>
>Sent: Saturday, April 13, 2002 6:23 AM
>Subject: Gnesin:The Jewish orchestra at the Ball
>
>
> > The composer M. Gnesin wrote a Suite: "The Jewish orchestra at the Ball at
> > Nothingtown" based on Gogol. At the end there's a piece called "The
>Galop".
> > Is somebody on the list familiar with the music. If so, could somebody
>tell
> > me if the melody (a very ironic one) stem from a Jewish Song?  It sounds
>so
> > awfully familiar to my ears. I would be glad if somebody could help me!
> > Take care, Henny




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