Hi Alforalfor wrote:Thank you for these!mballan wrote:Two more works by Matvey Akimovich Gozenpud (1903-1961).
Just to be aware that Gozenpud also used other variations of his name - Hasen, Gazen, Gazenpud etc. Alfor kindly posted under Gozenpud - Op 32 Jewish Folksong Suite, Op 31 Sonata No. 3 and Op 53 Vol. 1 Preludes, and under the name Hasen, the Op 10 Sonata...they are all the same composer[/u].
I know that there is no "H" in the russian language - so Horowitz is Gorowitz, Haydn is Gaydn, etc. But it obviously takes a linguist to explain why "Gazen" (Hasen) is identical with "Gozenpud" ("Gazen" = "Gozen", but what about the ending "pud")??!!
Yes, I know it seems strange and I've no idea why Gozenpud used a shortened version of his name*, but this has now been confirmed from a couple of Russian sources, one being colleagues at the St Petersburg Conservatoire !
Malcolm
* I suppose I do something similar with my surname......its actually Henbury-Ballan, but for ease I just use Ballan the majority of the time......maybe Gozenpud felt the same ??? At least Gozen [Gazen or Hasen] sounds better than just 'Pud' !!!!