Thank you, Bob, Jack, Ann, Bulent, and Marco for your kind comments!
Some followup responses are interspersed below.
Igor
Ann Sanfedele Sun, 15 Mar 2015 06:34:22 -0700 wrote:
Igor - that's a wonderful shot...
and I don't tend to fancy baby pix - but this is
above coochie-coochie-cooish
Ann, I know that you are consistent in your attitude toward baby photos:
Sun Feb 12 13:11:34 EST 2012 Ann Sanfedele wrote:
Yes it is very nice, and coming from someone who loathes baby photos (me
, not Dave) you can take that as a compliment
:-)
Bob W-PDML Sun, 15 Mar 2015 00:47:57 -0700 wrote:
Very nice indeed. Prekrasnaya, in fact.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=halU3k6VHoI&list=PLdrvsNlzn9svlET5E7EsssiZTFTTYjCZl
Bob, Yes, there are several very different musical interpretations of this
song. (And the song has a rich history.)
The main ones are: the original 3/4 (waltz) to Florian Hermann's Valse
Hommage, and then a couple of Jazz interpretations, typically with 4/4
rythm, - one more mellow, as that of Armstrong I linked to, and the other,
- more "staccato", closer to or in gypsy-jazz style that you referenced.
And one of the earliest performances that I was able to find in that
latter style is this, from 1941 by Harry Parry and his radio sextet:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vL2GEMXmA3c
As far as I understand the jazzy version of the music is attributed to
Adajgiso Ferraris.
I just found the version that is somewhere in between (although Wikipedia
is attributing it to Ferraris) played in 1932 by Albert Sandler:
http://www.britishpathe.com/video/albert-sandler-the-celebrated-violinist/query/cellos
I am still puzzled why Ferraris is name a composer of the 4/4 version
rather than an arranger. To me, that's just an arrangement of the original
tune, not a new one.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Eyes_%28song%29
Igor
On Sun, 15 Mar 2015, Igor PDML-StR wrote:
http://42graphy.org/misc/ru-2013/_IR40218.html
[... albeit not dark]
No, not sad am I, nor so mad am I;
All my comforts lie in my destiny.
Just to realise my life's worthiest prize
Did I sacrifice for those ardent eyes!
( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnoCI2N9nWw )
Found this photo while sorting our some photos from more than 2 years ago.
All comments are welcome!
Cheers,
Igor
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