raspal'tsovka

[Olga Meerson]

That is a deliberate pejorative term--a common shift of tone amongst professional "insiders".

----- Original Message -----
From: Alina Israeli <aisrael at AMERICAN.EDU>
Date: Friday, July 20, 2007 9:05 am
Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] raspal'tsovka

> On Jul 20, 2007, at 11:52 AM, Olga Meerson wrote:
> 
> > It is not the palm but the fingers that point directly and  
> > aggressively at the other. And, Alina, the musical term for  
> > fingering in Russian is applikatura.
> 
> That may be, but last year's visit of Pankratov-Chernyj is still  
> fresh in my memory when he said that he learned "raspal'covku" so  
> well that people thought that he was indeed the jazz player.
> 
> And check out this community bulletin: ???????????? ? ???? ? ????. 
> 
> http://community.livejournal.com/duhoviki/
> 
> 
> Alina Israeli
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> 
> 
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