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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread not to be confused with Kaiser Soze... #130535 07/19/2004 12:45 AM Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 322 Toronto, Canada boronia enthusiast boronia enthusiast Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 322 Toronto, Canada Who is Caesar Cui, and how the heck do you pronounce his name? Actually, I'm guessing he's a Russian composer, since I came across his name in a new song I'm working on - Tschaikowsky (And Other Russians), by Weill and Gershwin. I wonder if all the names in the song are of real composers, or if some are made up. I've only heard of about a third of the names, which makes the song quite hard to learn! But what a great little piece. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: not to be confused with Kaiser Soze... #130536 07/19/2004 1:29 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky I "hit it lucky" on Google, boronia--one shot! http://stevenestrella.com/composers/index.html?composerfiles/cui1918.html Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: not to be confused with Kaiser Soze... #130537 07/19/2004 1:17 PM Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 California jheem veteran jheem veteran Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 California It's an nteresting name. I tried to find out what it is in Russian and: Tsezar' Antonovich Kjui [1835-1918] is it. He belonged to a group called the Group of Five. http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gruppe_der_Fünf I always find it interesting how names get transliterated into and out of Russian. So, his name would be pronounced "tsezar kyooie". Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: not to be confused with Kaiser Soze... #130538 07/19/2004 9:45 PM Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 322 Toronto, Canada boronia enthusiast boronia enthusiast Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 322 Toronto, Canada Thanks, folks, for the info. I've decided I had a very Andreacentric view of the song when I guessed that some names might have been made up -- just 'cuz I haven't heard of 'em, doesn't mean they aren't for real!! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: not to be confused with Kaiser Soze... #130539 07/19/2004 10:22 PM Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada Zed Pooh-Bah Zed Pooh-Bah Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada I'll bet some of the music is a bit unreal tho' Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: not to be confused with Kaiser Soze... #130540 07/28/2004 2:54 AM Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 320 Sarasota, Florida, US slithy toves enthusiast slithy toves enthusiast Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 320 Sarasota, Florida, US For the record, the song called Tchaikovsky was introduced by Danny Kaye in the Broadway production of Lady in the Dark. And the fifty or so composers mentioned in the song were all real, including Cesar Cui. He was a prolific composer of operas, choral, chamber, and symphonic works, some of which still crop up occasionally on classical radio stations. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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