RE: The Pianist

[Seth Rogovoy <seth.rogovoy...>]

I had a review copy of the CD of the pop songs he wrote and I thought it
was so innocuous -- without any musical distinction, just derivative of
that "Great American SOngbook" style (and I purposely put quotes around
that because I hate that construction) --  it went directly into the
discard pile. 
 
I loved the CHopin in the movie, though....
 
--Seth Rogovoy
author, "The Essential Klezmer"
www.rogovoy.com



 

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org
[mailto:owner-jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org] On Behalf Of Bob Wiener
Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2003 6:39 AM
To: World music from a Jewish slant
Subject: Re: The Pianist


Is any of Szpilman's music Jewish music?  That is, are we talking about
him because he wrote music informed musically (or at least in the lyrics
-- did he write them too?) by the fact that he was a Jew, or are we only
talking about him because he was Jewish?  I realize that the argument
can be made that we are the sum total of our experience, but is
Szpilman's Jewish experience in any way apparent in his music?
 
Bo b