Klarinet Archive - Posting 000351.txt from 2005/07

From: Nightingale Nightingale <nightingale0@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Re: New to the list...question on duet literature
Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2005 11:14:23 -0400

On 7/29/05, Gary Van Cott <gary@-----.com> wrote:
> But single reeds (taragato/clarinet and I believe some earlier instrument=
s)
> are/were used in the greater Balkan area (to include Greece and Turkey) i=
n
> traditional music. The clarinet is also used in Klezmer music which I
> believed originated in the northern part of the Balkans (Rumania) and
> further north.
>=20

Klezmer was orignally with violins - clarinets started to replace the
violins in the mid-19th century.

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