Talk:Mauthausen Trilogy

Spelling of Kambanellis

This article should presumably link to the author, whose article is now at Iakovos Kambanelis, which is titled with a single l. This raises the question of spelling his name. In Greek his name is Ιάκωβος Καμπανέλλης. While Romanizations are different, it seems that the double-l spelling in English is more frequent. The double-l is also used on the French Wikipedia. So I'd propose that the Mauthausen Trilogy article keep the current spelling of his name (Kambanellis) but that the article on the author be moved to Iakovos Kambanellis with two l's.

According to the Guardian's obituary of 2011 (fifth paragraph), Kambanellis was not Jewish. So the article's statement of his Jewish faith should be corrected. EdJohnston (talk) 21:17, 27 December 2015 (UTC)

@Ed: Thank you very much Ed. I agree with your points. I will also fix the ethnicity of Kambanellis. Dr. K. 22:18, 27 December 2015 (UTC)

By the way this source calls Kambanellis Jewish but I I will take the Guardian as a more authoritative source. Thank you for finding it. Best regards. Dr. K. 17:09, 28 December 2015 (UTC)

I suggest removing the sentence "Theodorakis had granted permission for the use of his work during the play", since that seems to go without saying. EdJohnston (talk) 19:03, 28 December 2015 (UTC)

@Ed: It is included in the RS and, theoretically, since the theatrical play is not the same as the ballad, and it also includes Mahler's music, Theodorakis could have said no to such an arrangement. Dr. K. 19:52, 28 December 2015 (UTC)

Premiere ?

"In May 1988, the world premiere of the "Trilogy" at the Mauthausen concentration camp in Austria ", but what about "the premiere of the Mauthausen song cycle in London in 1967" ? Can you have two different premiere ? Elfast (talk) 18:38, 5 December 2019 (UTC)

The entire article is flawed -- the musical work written by Mikis Theodorakis is known as "The Ballad of Mauthausen" and was written in 1965, and issued on vinyl in 1966, sung by Maria Farantouri. Two decades plus later, the work was performed for the first time at the Mauthausen concentration camp, and in 3 languages: Greek, Hebrew, and English. The recording of that triple performance was issued in 2000 under the title "Mauthausen Trilogy". While the article is under the title of the specific live recording of the triple performance, the CONTENT of the article has more to do with the original work, the song cycle "The Ballad of Mauthausen", although it sometimes switches from discussing the song cycle, to discussing the cd of the triple performance. ~2026-14882-34 (talk) 00:29, 9 March 2026 (UTC)