Re: Wagner and Liszt

[I. Oppenheim <i.oppenheim...>]

On Sun, 9 Mar 2003, Eliezer Kaplan wrote:

> For those of us who don't speak German, what's 'ueberlistet'?

Sorry. Ueberlist literally means "to outdo" and is
obviously a pun on Liszt.

I might add as well that Karl was a son of the famous
Dutch cantor Isaac Heymann, and a talented pianist.

> > When Karl Heymann was once playing piano for his
> > teachers at the Frankfurt conservatory, Liszt attended
> > the audition. When Heymann left, one of the gentlemen
> > asked Liszt's oppinion. Liszt responded: "Er hat mich
> > ueberlistet!"
> >
> > From
> > http://www.joods.nl/~chazzanut/media/pers-107.html


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 Irwin Oppenheim
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