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October 12, 2012 by

1 How J F Kennedy wire-tapped his visitors

http://www.openlettersmonthly.com/book-review-listening-in/

2 Charles Aznavour sings Yiddish… Enrico Macias responds in Armenian

3 The poet who two-timed Eleanora Duse

http://www.openlettersmonthly.com/maybe-nine-ways-of-looking-at-dannunzio/

4 How to wreck an orchestra

http://www.startribune.com/local/173808101.html?refer=y

 

10/12/12 5:13 PM | filed under: main |

Comments

  1. Aviva Rosenbloom says:
    October 15, 2012 at 3:14 am

    Fascinating and fun! The non-Jewish one (Aznavour), who grew up in the Jewish Marais district, sings the Yiddish (Jewish) song; the Jewish Algerian (Macias) sings the Armenian song! They both sing the Jewish song Hava Nagila.
    Then we segue to Aznavour’s version of the Russian (gypsy?) song “Two Guitars”, sung in French and Russian.
    What an odyssey!
    Wish my French were better, so I could understand their patter. Can anyone help?

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