May I say that I was lucky enough to make his acquaintance. He was a generous 
man. Aharon Polak was his father (author of Al Hastumot Bamizmor, a commentary 
on the psalms), and Matanya's family name actually is a compound of his 
father's initials, as he pointed out to me. He was a pilot of the IDF. And he 
was particularly knowledgeable about guitar music and its sources. May his soul 
be bound in the bundle of life.

Mathias



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Von: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] Im Auftrag 
von Alain Veylit
Gesendet: Donnerstag, 9. November 2017 16:48
Cc: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu
Betreff: [LUTE] Re: Matanya Ophee

Sad news. He kept the list alive and his work in publishing was significant, 
although perhaps primarily for guitar players. Perhaps the last representant of 
a generation that considered lute music a sub-set of classical guitar music.


On 11/09/2017 07:35 AM, Bruno Cognyl-Fournier wrote:
>     yes a rather argumentative guy, who was disliked for his comments by
>     many.   I did not miss his bickering on the list.   but still sad to
>     lose someone in our community.
>     rest in peace
>     Bruno
>
>     2017-11-09 10:15 GMT-05:00 Mark Delpriora
>     <[1]terli...@new-old-mail.cs.dartmouth.edu>:
>
>          I should add that that the correct spelling of his name is Ophee.
>          His publishing company is named Editions Orphee, resulting in
>       eternal
>          confusion
>          He hated that!
>          RIP
>          Sent from my iPhone
>          On Nov 9, 2017, at 9:57 AM, [1][2]terli...@aol.com wrote:
>          Hi All,
>          I have not seen this posted here:
>          Guitarist, publisher, editor, scholar Matanya Orphee passed away
>       on
>          November 6th at 6:00 p.m.
>          Matanya was an extraordinary man: incredibly productive,
>       controversial,
>          combative and generous.
>          He made some great contributions to the guitar literature not
>       least of
>          which is advocating and publishing and even commissioning works
>       for
>          Russian 7 string guitar.
>          He also published some lute editions.
>          I am grateful to him as the publisher of 5 of my works.
>          I believe Matanya had the rare distinction of being kicked off
>       this
>          list.
>          [2][3]http://www.guitarandluteissues.com/
>          Best,
>          Mark Delpriora
>          --
>       References
>          1. mailto:[4]terli...@aol.com
>          2. [5]http://www.guitarandluteissues.com/
>
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>
>     --
>
> References
>
>     1. mailto:terli...@new-old-mail.cs.dartmouth.edu
>     2. mailto:terli...@aol.com
>     3. http://www.guitarandluteissues.com/
>     4. mailto:terli...@aol.com
>     5. http://www.guitarandluteissues.com/
>     6. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
>




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