Re:Tom Lehrer at 90: a life of scientific satire
by jacquesm on Friday April 06, 2018 @02:45PM
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You'd think that if Kreisler was the one visiting the US he must have seen Lehrer perform in English rather than that Kreisler would have been visited by Lehrer to see him perform in German?
That said, given his last name it is very well possible that Lehrer visited Germany and that he speaks/understands German.
Interesting!
Edit: Looking some more it seems that Lehrer's version is from 59 and Kreisler's from 63.
In a weird turn of events, when he lived in the U.S. Kreisler must have crossed paths with Lehrer, as they both became famous for a waltz with the same title — Kreisler's "Tauben vergriften" and Lehrer's "Poisoning pigeons in the park". It's not clear who copied from whom.