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Re: Can I Play?

Author: Steve Epstein
Date: 2008-01-29 02:54

merlin wrote:

> Hi Steve,
>
> can you validate the statement you make that Gypsies played
> klezmer before the Jews?
>
> I'd be interested to hear the source of your knowledge!
>
> all the best
>
> Merlin

It's my understanding that the original source of all this music is India. As I say, it's my understanding; it's what I was told at Balkan Camp back in 1999, I believe. If that's incorrect you can blame them:)

So the gypsies came from India, migrated out through the Middle East and Eastern Europe, taking the music with them.

I'm no expert on ethnomusicology, but I was trying to make the point that the music is not exclusively Jewish.

Steve Epstein

Post Edited (2008-01-29 03:02)

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