Uncouth: Molokans
Trob...@aol.com
"As you will soon find out, the Molokans were a sect of the Russian Orthodox
who deemed it acceptable to drink milk (moloko in Russian) during Lent,
unlike the orthodox Orthodox. I had no idea that they had developed their
own musical traditions."
A. MOLOKAN
A Molokan whose shorts were of silk
Sang dank chants, and sad songs of that ilk
During Lent. But he'd still
Grab a nip of the swill
His Ma brewed from cold borscht and fresh milk.
B. NON-MOLOKAN
During Lent, when fresh milk was abhorred,
Otets Ivan, who liked not to be bored,
Ate stale cabbage and wurst
As his lungs fairly burst
With loud songs of Swiss cheese to the Lord.
Trobador
Michael D Malloy
Thanks for the note. As I have already discovered, the Molokans are a very
sensitive and private group of people. I believe it would be improper for me
to continue discussion about them on the net from now on. I hope you and any
other interested parties understand.
Michael (Mike) Malloy
mma...@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu
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"A composer of the past conceived his works in terms of the musical sounds of
his own day, just as a twentieth-century composer does, and if we are to do
justice to old music we must do our best to discover what these sonorities
were. ...The so-called Bach trumpet of the present day (valved) is only half
the length of an eighteenth-century instrument, and its tone can never have the
ringing quality of its ancestor."
- Thurston Dart, The Interpretation of Music (New York: Harper & Row, 1963
reprint)