Philip de la Vache ""The Canterbury Tales"". However, the reference to Vache in Chaucer's poem may on good grounds also be a pun on his own name. The phrase Vache, leve! in the first line of the Envoy corresponds to medieval French Vache, reïs!, 'cow, leave!'. The French phase reïs, Vache!, (REISVACHE), when reversed, becomes CHAVSIER, the French form of the poet's name (this is a so-called palindrome). In the First Book of Kings in the Old Testament, the cows on their way to Beth Shemesh are likened to holy men, or monks on their way to the Heavenly Jerusalem. Chaucer may have regarded
Vache Sharafyan more violent outbursts, back to mournful lines—made it entirely absorbing to the ear and mind..." "The New York Times" / May 9, 2002, Thursday MUSIC REVIEW:" At a Cultural Crossroads, Yo-Yo Ma Becomes a Spice Trader; By ALLAN KOZINN ..."And the Shostakovich, on Tuesday, seemed to flow naturally from the world of the work performed just before it -- "The Sun, the Wine and the Wind of Time" by Vache Sharafyan, from Armenia -- although it quickly established itself on Shostakovich's own terms"... "Pittsburgh Post Gazette" (8 May 2002) wrote: …The evening's gem, though, was the Sharafyan. Without overtly referencing