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Re: [ARSCLIST] Assistance Please with Russian Waltz



Uncle Dave told you that this waltz dates from 1903-1905 and became popular in Russia during the war with Japan. You have nominated someone with a similar name who couldm't have composed it until the '40s. That's not very helpful.

I would put my money on Steve Smolian and suggest that Dave Lewis should find a copy of Danube waves and listen to it.

SA

----- Original Message ----- From: "Alec McLane" <amclane@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Monday, May 21, 2007 10:35 PM
Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Assistance Please with Russian Waltz



Lajos Kiss was Hungarian, it seems. I would think it more likely this person:


Kuss, Margarita Ivanova, 1921-

The first initial is the same, and she is on OCLC
with a couple of scores and a recording of songs. But no waltzes.

Alec

At 02:56 PM 5/21/2007, Steven Smolian wrote:
It's probably Lajos Kiss. Danube Waves?

Steve Smolian

----- Original Message ----- From: "David Lewis" <davlew@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Monday, May 21, 2007 2:21 PM
Subject: [ARSCLIST] Assistance Please with Russian Waltz


Arsclisters,


I am having an awful time trying to nail down the author of a Russian waltz,
title transliterated as "Amurskiye volnï" but translated variously as "Waves
of the Amur River Waltz" or "Amur's Waves - Waltz" and almost anything in
between.
It is often identified as "Russian Traditional," but the composer's first
initial is "M." and the last name variously given as "Kuss," "Cuess,"
"Guess," - in cyrillic it is "Kiocc."
What I'd like to find is a standardized spelling of the composer's name, the
full surname and birth/death dates if possible. I understand that this is a
very popular waltz in Russia, and it emerged during the Russo-Japanese War;
one site provided the lyrics and dated the work to "1903-05," but alas,
provided no composer name.


David N. Lewis
Assistant Classical Editor, All Music Guide
1168 Oak Valley Dr.
Ann Arbor, MI 48108
734 887 8145

"Never treat an audience as customers-always treat them as partners." - Ted
Healy

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJn_jC4FNDo

It made my day.

Karl


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