Re: [ARSCLIST] Assistance Please with Russian Waltz

[Steve Abrams <steve.abrams@xxxxxxxxx>]

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>
To: <ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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>
> To: <ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 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
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> Healy
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