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Àorigins of klezmer tonality?
- From: HST2nd <HST2nd...>
- Subject: Àorigins of klezmer tonality?
- Date: Fri 26 Sep 1997 03.36 (GMT)
This is a naive question, but please allow for the fact that I'm not Jewish:
Is the minor chord tonality and unique clarinet voicing that runs through
klezmer
related to Jewish religious (cantor) music in a way comparable to the way
Dixieland jazz often relates to Southern spiritual music? Or is it "an
Eastern
European thing," and as common in EU secular as in religious music?
Thanks,
Stan T.
- Àorigins of klezmer tonality?,
HST2nd