Klarinet Archive - Posting 000806.txt from 2003/08

From: "Lelia Loban" <lelialoban@-----.net>
Subj: [kl] Gezunt or Gezint
Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2003 12:54:57 -0400

Ted Casher wrote:
> To those aspiring to play Klezmer: There are as many
>Yiddish schools of pronunciation as there were European
>countries where Yiddish was spoken.

Ken Wolman wrote,
>>I just spelled it the way I heard it which is the way I learned
>>to say it. "You said 'Gezint' not 'Gezunt'! Chazeh! You're
>>out of the klezmer band, go play in some church!":-)
>>
>>Ken <charter member of the Drekmatics>

Some chamber music friends once asked my Jewish husband if he'd mind
playing his violin in a church. He said, "Hell, I'd play in a cave." But
if his parents ever hear my attempts at klezmer, I'm afraid they'll start
pronouncing it klutzmer.

Lelia Loban
E-mail: lelialoban@-----.net
Web site (original music scores as audio or print-out):
http://members.sibeliusmusic.com/LeliaLoban

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