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 -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- 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/ > > To get on or off this list see list information at > [6]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > -- > > 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 >