Klarinet Archive - Posting 000124.txt from 2002/12

From: Jeremy A Schiffer <schiffer@-----.edu>
Subj: RE: [kl] Hungarian Minor (was Benefit of . . .)
Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2002 13:07:10 -0500

David,

Klezmer music is music from Jewish litergy (prayers), Yiddish folk songs,
Yiddish-American theatre, Hassidic nigunim (wordless songs - when you
hear jewish people chanting "ai ai ai ai" or "oy oy oy oy" that's
generally a nigun) and similar things. It is not specific to the scales
upon which that music is played, though most klezmer is, in fact, modal
(as is much music of Eastern Europe and Eurasia, where the influences
between the Jews, Arabs, Turks, Gypsies, and Romanians (and others), upon
each other, were quite marked.

So I guess I'm confused about what you mean by "I've been playing klezmer
music for years without knowing it."

-jeremy

On Fri, 6 Dec 2002, Lloyd, David - Business Directorate,Trading Standards wrote:

> Ah, I was wondering what klezmer music was (after coming across the term on
> sneezy.org). After a search on google... yes, I've been playing klezmer
> music for years without knowing it.

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