Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/10/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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? 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 ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com