Klarinet Archive - Posting 000493.txt from 1998/11

From: "Chuck Trimble CPA" <trimble@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Klezmer
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1998 16:20:24 -0500

i believe you can trace the klezmer musical ideas from other middle eastern
musical styles. this does not prove the connection but it is very likely.
chuck trimble
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From: Scott Morrow <scottdmorrow@-----.com>
Date: Thursday, November 12, 1998 4:06 PM
Subject: Re: [kl] Klezmer

>>klezmer is Jewish Folk music, so I guess it would depend on where you
>>think the Jews originated from.
>>
>>Dustin Ruffell
>
>WRONG!!!!!
>This is like saying that Gregorian Chants are Christian music and so
>must have originated in the Middle East!
>
>Klezmer is a SPECIFIC type of Jewish Eastern European dance music. It
>does not matter where Jews originated, because Jews (as well as many
>other cultures) live (and have lived) throughout the world. Jewish
>music from Eastern Europe (Ashkenazi) is different from Jewish music
>from the Middle East (Sephardic) and Jewish music from Spain (Ladino)
>and Jewish music from China, America, and Ethiopia, etc. The music
>developed in different regions is influenced by the region, just as the
>languages and cooking are, and vice versa (I'd heard that TRADITIONAL
>Italian cooking - not pasta, but the "real" food - is really derived
>from Jewish cooking!)
>
>Be careful of generic statements!
>
>-Scott
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