On Sun, 9 Mar 2003, Eliezer Kaplan wrote: > For those of us who don't speak German, what's 'ueberlistet'?
Sorry. Ueberlist literally means "to outdo" and is obviously a pun on Liszt. I might add as well that Karl was a son of the famous Dutch cantor Isaac Heymann, and a talented pianist. > > When Karl Heymann was once playing piano for his > > teachers at the Frankfurt conservatory, Liszt attended > > the audition. When Heymann left, one of the gentlemen > > asked Liszt's oppinion. Liszt responded: "Er hat mich > > ueberlistet!" > > > > From > > http://www.joods.nl/~chazzanut/media/pers-107.html Groeten, Irwin Oppenheim [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~~~* Chazzanut Online: http://www.joods.nl/~chazzanut/ ---------------------- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------+ Hosted by Shamash: The Jewish Network http://shamash.org A service of Hebrew College, which offers online courses and an online MA in Jewish Studies, http://hebrewcollege.edu/online/ * * FREE JEWISH LEARNING * * Shamash invites you to join MyJewishLearning.com, a comprehensive, objective, authoritative and interactive learning resource in all areas of Judaism. Free membership via http://www.myjewishlearning.com/shamash ---------------------- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------=
