[78-L] Stolen tunes, was Re: Fwd: The results of your email commands

Bud Black banjobud at cfl.rr.com
Wed Jul 10 07:27:54 PDT 2013


And the Cuckoo Waltz became The Louisiana Lullabye. (byoo byay)

Bud

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On Jul 9, 2013, at 7:43 PM, David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca> wrote:

> I don't know, but I wonder if Yablokoff also sued Cole Porter? The second 
> strain of "My Heart Belongs to Daddy" bears more than a passing resemblance to 
> Yablokoff's song "Papirosen", the melody of which HE took from a traditional 
> Yiddish melody.
> 
> And the Lucky Strike "Be Happy, Go Lucky" jingle can be heard almost note for 
> note in a Mozart Piano Concerto.
> 
> dl
> 
> On 7/9/2013 6:56 PM, Doug Pomeroy wrote:
>> Why is this message being rejected, can anyone tell me?
>> 
>> I did not include (or even exclude!) any "non-text/plain MIME parts"
>> 
>> What's this all about?????
>> 
>> Begin forwarded message:
>> 
>>> From: 78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com
>>> Subject: The results of your email commands
>>> Date: July 9, 2013 6:43:07 PM EDT
>>> To: audiofixer at verizon.net
>>> 
>>> The results of your email command are provided below. Attached is your
>>> original message.
>>> 
>>> - Results:
>>>    Ignoring non-text/plain MIME parts
>>> 
>>> - Unprocessed:
>>>    while listening to the second movement of Dvorak's Piano Quintet=20
>>>    #2, Op. 81, that I recognized what sounds like the source of Eden=20
>>>    Ahbez's song "Nature Boy".  Wikipedia adds this background:
>>>    Yiddish theater star/producer Herman Yablokoff, in Memoirs of the =
>>>    Yiddish Stage, claimed that the melody to "Nature Boy" was plagiarized =
>>>    from his song "Shvayg, Mayn Harts" ("Hush, My Heart"), which he wrote =
>>>    for his play Papirosn (1935).  Ahbez protested his innocence, claiming =
>>>    to have =93heard the tune in the mist of the California mountains,=94 =
>>>    but later agreed to pay Yablokoff in an out-of-court settlement.
>>>    Ah, those misty California mountains!
>>>    Doug Pomeroy
>>>    Audio Restoration and Mastering Services
>>>    193 Baltic St
>>>    Brooklyn, NY  11201-6173
>>>    (718) 855-2650
>>>    audiofixer at verizon.net
>>>> Message: 7
>>>> Date: Tue, 09 Jul 2013 16:47:10 -0400
>>> 
>>> - Ignored:
>>>> From: David Weiner<djwein at earthlink.net>
>>>> Subject: Re: [78-L] Lenny
>>>> To: 78-L Mail List<78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
>>>> Message-ID:<CE01EB6D.3BBDE%djwein at earthlink.net>
>>>> Content-Type: text/plain;    charset=3D"US-ASCII"
>>>> =20
>>>> Dozens and dozens more - too lazy to look up what they were adapted =
>>>    from,
>>>> but here are titles:
>>>> =20
>>>> MY REVERIE - Debussy
>>>> THE LAMP IS LOW - Ravel
>>>> MY FANTASY (1940)/TWILIGHT (1950)/STRANGER IN PARADISE (1953)- all =
>>>    adapted
>>>> from the same Borodin melody
>>>> BAUBLES, BANGLES&  BEADS - Borodin
>>>> AND THIS IS MY BELOVED - Borodin
>>>> STORY OF A STARRY NIGHT - Tchaikovsky
>>>> FULL MOON AND EMPTY ARMS - Rachmaninoff
>>>> TILL THE END OF TIME - Chopin
>>>> IF YOU ARE BUT A DREAM - Rubenstein
>>>> STRANDE MUSIC =3D Grieg
>>>> HOT DIGGETY - Chabrier
>>>> I'M ALWAYS CHASING RAINBOWS - Chopin
>>>> =20
>>>> And on and on.....
>>>> =20
>>>> Dave Weiner
>>> 
>>> 
>>> - Done.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> From: Doug Pomeroy<audiofixer at verizon.net>
>>> Subject: Classical tunes used for pop songs, was Re: [78-L] Lenny
>>> Date: July 9, 2013 6:47:33 PM EDT
>>> To: 78-l-request at klickitat.78online.com
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Maybe someone else has mentioned this, but it's only recently,
>>> while listening to the second movement of Dvorak's Piano Quintet
>>> #2, Op. 81, that I recognized what sounds like the source of Eden
>>> Ahbez's song "Nature Boy".  Wikipedia adds this background:
>>> 
>>> Yiddish theater star/producer Herman Yablokoff, in Memoirs of the Yiddish Stage, claimed that the melody to "Nature Boy" was plagiarized from his song "Shvayg, Mayn Harts" ("Hush, My Heart"), which he wrote for his play Papirosn (1935).  Ahbez protested his innocence, claiming to have “heard the tune in the mist of the California mountains,” but later agreed to pay Yablokoff in an out-of-court settlement.
>>> 
>>> Ah, those misty California mountains!
>>> 
>>> Doug Pomeroy
>>> Audio Restoration and Mastering Services
>>> 193 Baltic St
>>> Brooklyn, NY  11201-6173
>>> (718) 855-2650
>>> audiofixer at verizon.net
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> Message: 7
>>>> Date: Tue, 09 Jul 2013 16:47:10 -0400
>>>> From: David Weiner<djwein at earthlink.net>
>>>> Subject: Re: [78-L] Lenny
>>>> To: 78-L Mail List<78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
>>>> Message-ID:<CE01EB6D.3BBDE%djwein at earthlink.net>
>>>> Content-Type: text/plain;    charset="US-ASCII"
>>>> 
>>>> Dozens and dozens more - too lazy to look up what they were adapted from,
>>>> but here are titles:
>>>> 
>>>> MY REVERIE - Debussy
>>>> THE LAMP IS LOW - Ravel
>>>> MY FANTASY (1940)/TWILIGHT (1950)/STRANGER IN PARADISE (1953)- all adapted
>>>> from the same Borodin melody
>>>> BAUBLES, BANGLES&  BEADS - Borodin
>>>> AND THIS IS MY BELOVED - Borodin
>>>> STORY OF A STARRY NIGHT - Tchaikovsky
>>>> FULL MOON AND EMPTY ARMS - Rachmaninoff
>>>> TILL THE END OF TIME - Chopin
>>>> IF YOU ARE BUT A DREAM - Rubenstein
>>>> STRANDE MUSIC = Grieg
>>>> HOT DIGGETY - Chabrier
>>>> I'M ALWAYS CHASING RAINBOWS - Chopin
>>>> 
>>>> And on and on.....
>>>> 
>>>> Dave Weiner
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>> 
>> Doug Pomeroy
>> Audio Restoration and Mastering Services
>> 193 Baltic St
>> Brooklyn, NY  11201-6173
>> (718) 855-2650
>> audiofixer at verizon.net
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
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