Klarinet Archive - Posting 000343.txt from 2000/01

From: Fred Jacobowitz <fredj@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] New Klezmer Anthology Oytsres/Book Klezmer
Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2000 22:36:16 -0500

Kelly,
Yes, it is a traditional style of music. It is strictly defined as
<The party music (i.e. weddings, etc.) of the Ashkenazim, or Eastern
European Jews - who spoke Yiddish (a derivative of middle-high German) >.
More loosely (but annoyingly, to a purist like me) the term is used for
Jewish folk music from Eastern Europe and it's various offshoots and
progeny in our modern age. The word is pronounced KLEZ'-murr. The 'Z' is
pronounced like we would say it, not in the German way.

Fred Jacobowitz
Clarinet/Sax Instructor, Peabody Preparatory
Leader, Kol Simcha Band

On Tue, 11 Jan 2000, Kelly Dewees wrote:

> Sorry for being so naive, but what is Klezmer music?
> Is it like a traditional style?
>
> Thanks,
> Kelly Dewees
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