[CAUT] Rachmaninov "solved"

[RicB]

Ja,  except he did that so as to be accepted past the immigration 
authorities.  You had to sign a paper when coming into the country back 
then that you didnt belong to anything that remotely resembled a 
communist organization... and that included  having a name that sounded 
communist.  Same thing happened to a German family my dad knew just 
after the war.  They had to change their name from Hauthaus to Outhouse 
just so it wouldnt sound to German  ..... :)

just kidding.

Cheers
RicB


    Hi Susan and all,

    Just a small point about the two accepted spellings of Rachmaninoff.
    The two accepted spellings of Segei's last name is Rachmaninov and
    Rachmaninoff. But since the man himself used to sign his name as
    Rachmaninoff when he was living in the US, it should surely be
    reasonable that it be accepted as the default standard.

    Ron O.

     >I got sent this this morning, and felt I had to share it ...
     >
     >Rachmnaninoff had big hands ...
     >
     >Utube:
     >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifKKlhYF53w