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Re: Klezmer Clarinet

Itzik-Leyb of Solidarity Foundation <svzandt (at) igc(dot)apc(dot)org>  wrote:

>(Somebody had a good question earlier,
>about why so few bands were led by a trumpet -- I don't know, but one
>great old band that WAS led by a trumpet was Abe Elenkrig's). 

It could be that in the days before amplifiers and P.A.'s the Trumpet would
have tended to obliterate the rest of the ensemble - especially in Klezmer's
signature high energy pieces.

Just a thought.

- Moshe Denburg

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