another translation question

[Natasha Randall]

For what it's worth, I like Stravinsky's own quasi-poetic use of  
'slog' and might make it plural but leave it relatively intact:
'My syllables are Russian.'

I don't know the context of this particular snippet but I do know he  
was particularly interested in syllables when he composed. He once  
wrote about Oedipus Rex: "When I work with words in my music, my  
musical saliva is set in motion by the sounds and rhythms of the  
syllables" (from Dialogues, not sure of the translation). Maybe he  
was suggesting that his music contains some kind of Russian idiom/ 
timbre? It's a lovely way of thinking about it...

Yours,
Natasha Randall
Translator



On Feb 21, 2010, at 7:17 PM, Harlow Robinson wrote:

> "U menya slog russkii."


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