Klarinet Archive - Posting 000151.txt from 1999/08

From: Richard Bush <rbushidioglot@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Klezmer music
Date: Sun, 8 Aug 1999 23:22:05 -0400

Klezmer music is a highly stylized and very distinctive sounding Jewish or
Hebrew folk music. Clarinet is also played in a very distinctive way. I'm
not Jewish, so please anyone, correct me if I'm wrong.

You might go to a library to see if they have any that you could listen to
or take on loan. You might like it.

James Leonard Hobby wrote:

> (Better to ask than remain stupid. <g>)
>
> I've seen various references to Klezmer music on the list, but wasn't
> familiar with the term. I've read some information on the history and
> music theory related to it. It wasn't a part of music theory when I went
> through it (late sixties.) I understand, now, what it basically is and
> (rather thickly, I admit) the harmony involved. However, ...
>
> What is a Klezmer clarinet?
>
> What is the relationship of Klezmer music to the clarinet in general?
>
> TIA for the instruction.
>
> Jim Hobby
>
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