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Re: Can I Play?

Author: Steve Epstein
Date: 2007-08-24 02:29

Yes, Gentiles are allowed to play at Jewish weddings:)

My private clarinet teacher of 40 years ago was Greek-American. He also played violin. This was before the klezmer "revival", but klezmer music was being played at Jewish weddings and bar mitzvahs along with contemporary American stuff. He used to talk about playing the same music at the Greek affairs as the Jewish ones, just the tunes had different names. He also told us he mostly played those tunes on violin because he was better at them on that instrument, and played them more at the Greek affairs than the Jewish ones; again, this was before the klezmer "revival".

The Roma people (gypsies) played it before anyone else; they gave us the traditional tunes and the modes upon which the modern ones are based. If anyone has a "claim" to this music, they do, so don't let anyone tell you you can't play at a Jewish wedding.

Steve Epstein

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