correct Ukrainian orthography? Pavlo Humeniuk

[Natalia Pylypiuk]

Dear Professor Hill,

I have recordings by the famous fiddler HUMENIUK.
The form *Huemiuk* in note 8 (cited below in blue) is merely a
typographical error. No such name exists in Ukrainian.

If we were to transliterate his name from Ukrainian, it would be
Pavlo Humeniuk, according to the Library of Congress system, and
Pavlo Humenjuk, according to the International Standard.

His *Dance under the Willows* would be:
Tanets' pid verbamy, according to the Library of Congress system, and
Tanec' pid verbamy,  according to the International Standard.

The fiddler is known as Pawlo (instead of the expected Pavlo)  
Humeniuk in the
literature, because he came from Western Ukraine to the USA in 1902,
at a time when the Polish (and/or German) alphabet would have been  
used to render his name
in the passport and other official documents.  In the 1920s the names  
of his songs on
the various recording were also rendered with the help of the Polish  
alphabet.  Thus we
obtain *Tanec pid werbamy* (instead of the expected *verbamy*).

Inasmuch as Humeniuk's name has entered the historical record through  
Polish (German?)
mediation,  I would recommend following the  procedure used in  
academic publications whenever
established Latin-script document spelling differs from  
transliteration norms:
- LC transliteration [document version].
- Then the name of the song in LC transliteration.  Thus:

Pavlo Humeniuk  [Pawlo Humeniuk]
Tanets' pid verbamy.


Kind regards,
Natalia Pylypiuk

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Dr. Natalia Pylypiuk, Associate Professor
Modern Languages and Cultural Studies  http://www.mlcs.ca
200 Arts, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada T6G 2E6
voice mail: (780) 492-3498

Canadian Association of Slavists
http://www.ualberta.ca/~csp/cas

On Apr 14, 2006, at 1:42 AM, Prof Steven P Hill wrote:

> Dear colleagues:
>
> [...] Can any of you historians, either of Ukrainian culture or of  
> folk music,
> perhaps establish the CORRECT orthography for his surname?  I'll be
> glad to forward the correct spelling to the LC's press representative,
> in case they need to make some correction in their official honors
> list. -- Steven P Hill, University of Illinois.
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> Subject: New National Recording Registry announced
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> LIBRARY OF CONGRESS  101 Independence Av SE Washington DC  20540
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> April 11, 2006
> Press contact: Sheryl Cannady (202) 707-6456
>
> Librarian of Congress Names 50 Recordings to the 2005 National  
> Recording Registry
>
> Librarian of Congress James H. Billington has made his annual  
> selection
> of 50 sound recordings [...]
> 8.  .Tanec pid werbamy/Dance Under the Willows,. Pawlo Huemiuk (1926)
>  [...] 8.        .Tanec pid werbamy/Dance Under the Willows,. a  
> Ukrainian violin
> solo with cymbaly, bass and sleigh bells, Pawlo Huemiuk (1926)
> Pawlo Humeniuk was a renowned violin player in Ukranian communities
> before beginning his recording career with Columbia, for which he made
> this dance number. He learned violin in western Ukraine at the age  
> of 6
> and enjoyed a busy career playing concerts, dances and vaudeville
> theaters. The song is an excellent example of the ethnic releases that
> record labels began to produce in the 1920's for sale to immigrant
> communities in the United States.
> [ .... ]
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