Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/10/10

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Subject: [Leica] Alkan
From: kididdoc at cox.net (Steve Barbour)
Date: Wed Oct 10 10:38:17 2007
References: <cae.1da60f1f.343e6692@aol.com>

On Oct 10, 2007, at 10:32 AM, Afterswift@aol.com wrote:

>
> In a message dated 10/10/2007 6:40:38 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
> lug-request@leica-users.org writes:
>
> Any  serious student of piano music knows that Alkan was hardly  
> obscure!
>
> And  what does his religion have to do with any appreciation of  
> his  works?


it's important...

he could only play with one hand...

he had a Kosher pickle in the other...


Steve



>
> Jerry
>
>
>
> --------------------------------------------
> Jerry,
>
> I seldom hear Alkan performed these days in concerts. I know  about  
> him from
> programs on WQXR sporadically over the years. As for his  religion,  
> I remarked
> about it because I was surprised that Alkan would be so  worldly when
> orthodox Judaism in those days was insular. That's not true   
> anymore. Amazing that he
> could function in both societies so  seamlessly.
>
> Bob
>
> Bob
>
>
>
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