![]() | This article is rated Start-class on Wikipedia's
content assessment scale. It is of interest to the following WikiProjects: | |||||||||||||||||
|
This opera is named using the English name, per Wikipedia:WikiProject Opera guidelines. -- DrG 00:00, 2005 Jun 12 (UTC)
"In Hungarian tradition a sneeze by the teller of a story is an indication that the story is not true." This is exactly the opposite of what I have always understood to be the case, that a sneeze was the guarantee of veracity: a quick Google turns up the following in support: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
The opposite view (i.e. that represented by the present text) is however supported by the following: [6] together with a somewhat ambiguous statement at [7] which probably supports the previously-cited [8] in warning that the very guarantee of veracity gives the story-teller the opportunity to work in any number of "elaborations". Vilcxjo 00:41, 18 February 2006 (UTC)
I have tried to adapt the text to reflect a slightly more complex understanding than simply "is it/isn't it true". Contributions from those with a deeper understanding of Hungarian folklore are welcome!
Vilcxjo
01:06, 18 February 2006 (UTC)
Found a quote from Kodály himself, which definitively answers the question. Incorporating it into article. Vilcxjo 12:33, 18 February 2006 (UTC)
Has anyone else noticed the similaries (melodically the same, only syncopated) between part five, the Intermezzo, and the klezmer piece " Lebedik Un Freylekn?" If you'd like to look it up, the Klezmer Conservatory Band does a version of it. You can find it on rhapsody.com or someplace like that. When I first heard it, I couldn't shake the feeling that I'd heard something very similar before. A quick check with my ipod revealed the similarities. What do you guys think? Does anyone know why? 08:38, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
![]() | This article is rated Start-class on Wikipedia's
content assessment scale. It is of interest to the following WikiProjects: | |||||||||||||||||
|
This opera is named using the English name, per Wikipedia:WikiProject Opera guidelines. -- DrG 00:00, 2005 Jun 12 (UTC)
"In Hungarian tradition a sneeze by the teller of a story is an indication that the story is not true." This is exactly the opposite of what I have always understood to be the case, that a sneeze was the guarantee of veracity: a quick Google turns up the following in support: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
The opposite view (i.e. that represented by the present text) is however supported by the following: [6] together with a somewhat ambiguous statement at [7] which probably supports the previously-cited [8] in warning that the very guarantee of veracity gives the story-teller the opportunity to work in any number of "elaborations". Vilcxjo 00:41, 18 February 2006 (UTC)
I have tried to adapt the text to reflect a slightly more complex understanding than simply "is it/isn't it true". Contributions from those with a deeper understanding of Hungarian folklore are welcome!
Vilcxjo
01:06, 18 February 2006 (UTC)
Found a quote from Kodály himself, which definitively answers the question. Incorporating it into article. Vilcxjo 12:33, 18 February 2006 (UTC)
Has anyone else noticed the similaries (melodically the same, only syncopated) between part five, the Intermezzo, and the klezmer piece " Lebedik Un Freylekn?" If you'd like to look it up, the Klezmer Conservatory Band does a version of it. You can find it on rhapsody.com or someplace like that. When I first heard it, I couldn't shake the feeling that I'd heard something very similar before. A quick check with my ipod revealed the similarities. What do you guys think? Does anyone know why? 08:38, 27 March 2008 (UTC)