Jan Meyerowitz (1913 -1998)
TRANSCRIPTION
Eric(h)1
Die Kartoline2
bezieht sich wohl auf die in St. Hieronymus „De merdosibus octonis“ 24,3
$/(
erwähnte prädiluriale3
Fassung der „Schort Süit“4
– ist demnach (ausser für historische Niessnutzung zu schliessen aus).
Das zweite
Stück habe ich nochmals heruntergesetzt, immer noch schön hoch, so aber mag’s
nun bleiben.
Sonst hier und
da einige Retuscheleien.
S’ist
eigentlich ein ganz hübsches Stück, makkabäische Geware5
mit französischer Abmilderung in Ecksätzen, etwas mittelwestliche
Pseudolandschaft6
im zweiten.
Gräfin...
(in’s Kabinett hineineilend)
Salu!
M
(Thanks to U.B., Germany)
TRANSLATION
Eric(h) –
The postcard refers to the preluded
version of the “short suite“ mentioned in St. Hieronymus’ “De merdosibus octonis”
– and is therefore to exclude (except for historical use) .
I’ve
lowered the key of the second piece again, it’s still pretty high, now it may
stay like that.
Apart from
that some tiny retouches here and there.
Actually
it’s a nice little piece, [makkabäische Geware] with French softening in the
corner sets, some middle western sham landscape in the second.
Countess
(hurrying to the cabinet)
Salu
M[eyerowitz]
NOTES:
1)
Austrian-American clarinetist and composer Eric Simon (1907-1984).
2)
Postkarte(-kasten): kartolinë (kuti) postare.
It’s probably an Albanian word, meaning "postcard."
3)
Präludium (Vorspiel zu einer Suite) = prelude
4)
Phonetic
: "short suite”
5)
Geware …not sure about the meaning yet
6)
Pseudolandschaft = sham landscape?
ABOUT THE COMPOSER
Jan Meyerowitz was born in Breslau, Germany, on April 23,
1913. He studied at the Berlin Hochschule für Musik with
Alexander Zemlinsky.
Fleeing Hitler's regime, he went to Rome and there
studied with Ottorino Respighi and Alfredo Cassella. After a stay in Belgium, he
moved to southern France and remained there until 1946. He met and married French
singer Marguerite Fricker. He then came to the U.S. and became a naturalized
citizen in 1951. As a teacher, he taught at the Berkshire Music Center and
Brooklyn College (1956-1962) after which he was appointed the faculty of the City
College of New York. Meyerowitz received Guggenheim Fellowships in 1956
and 1958. According to "Der
Spiegel," Meyerowitz died on 15 December, in Colmar, France, at age 85.
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