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  • May 13, 2005 at 4:00 am #150025
    Calista Anne Koch
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    I love the Music Box, but I have no idea who the compose Poenitz
    is… a harpist? a prolific composer?

    May 14, 2005 at 4:00 am #150026
    MusikFind1
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    Poenitz, (Ponitz) Franz ( 1850 – 1913 )

    Germany, Bischofswerda ? Berlin harpist

    “At the turn of the century, Hol?, Poenitz and Posse were the “royal trio” of the harp world, not only because they were members of the Royal Orchestra in Berlin, but also because they were generally viewed as the top virtuosi of their profession. ——–“

    May 17, 2005 at 4:00 am #150027
    Calista Anne Koch
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    ok.

    May 17, 2005 at 4:00 am #150028
    carl-swanson
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    Wikingerfahrt?

    May 20, 2005 at 4:00 am #150029
    alexander-rider
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    MAN Carl you are like, so mature! 😛

    July 17, 2005 at 4:00 am #150030
    Elizabeth Volpé Bligh
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    Poenitz is probably written as P?nitz in German, in which the ? would sound like the “oo”
    in “book”. The emphasis is on the first syllable, and the “z” sounds like an “s”.

    July 25, 2005 at 4:00 am #150031
    Anton Sie
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    I think the “oe” in Poenitz is spoken like the “eu” in “feu” (French), just a bit more stretched. Is there any English word with this sound? I think it shouldn’t be pronounced like the “oo” in “book”, that would be a Dutch pronounciation (“boek” (Dutch) sounds almost the same as “book” (English)).

    June 12, 2010 at 12:49 pm #150032
    HBrock25
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    Hello everyone from Italy. I would like to inform you that since May is available the new CD “Poenitz – Works for Harp” beautifully played by a talented harpist named Laura Vinciguerra. This relase include several world premiere recordings like (amongst the others) the magnificent “Nordische Ballade” and a impressive “Capriccio Op. 73 for Harp and Clarinet”. As far as I know this is the first and only recording totally dedicated to this composer. You can find in Amazon and several other CD store in Brilliant Classics catalogue #9179.

    http://www.amazon.com/Poenitz-Works-Harp-Franz/dp/B003H2E342

    More infos on Franz Poenitz here:

    http://www.franz-poenitz.de/

    More info on Laura Vinciguerra here:

    http://www.lauravinciguerra.com

    June 12, 2010 at 8:49 pm #150033
    karen-conoan
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    “The Music Box” is a favorite piece of mine so I appreciate this

    June 16, 2010 at 10:20 pm #150034
    julia-reth
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    You are absolutely right. The sound oe doesn’t exist in English. “Feu” is pretty close to the exact sound.

    June 17, 2010 at 12:45 am #150035
    jessica-wolff
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    oe = o-umlaut. Difficult to describe. Somewhere between long o and long a (in English).

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