Re: ...while driving...

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In <djg2(dot)752642961 (at) crux1(dot)cit(dot)cornell(dot)edu> 
d(dot)greenberger (at) cornell(dot)edu (David J. Greenberger) writes:

>fields (at) zip(dot)eecs(dot)umich(dot)edu (Matthew H. Fields) writes:

>>at last he had exactly what he needed to become a great Klezmer.  A week

>Hmm...a great klezmer?  I've never heard that term applied to a person, and
>although it usually refers to a particular style of music ("klezmer music," or
>sometimes just "klezmer"), the name comes from the Hebrew "k'li zemer," or
>simply "musical instrument" (k'li = instrument or tool, zemer = of song).
>You've just called your friend a musical instrument!
>--
>    David J. Greenberger      (607) 256-2171      d(dot)greenberger (at) 
> cornell(dot)edu

Giora Feidman, perhaps the best known klezmer musician today, refers to
himself as a "klezmer."  Yes, a person can be a "klezmer."

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