Mazltov Jewish-American Wedding Music

[Joel Rubin/Rita Ottens <simontov...>]

Now available:

Mazltov!: Jewish-American Wedding Music from the Repertoire of Dave Tarras
for Clarinet (Bb or C) or other Melodic Instruments
Revised and edited by Joel Rubin

Schott (Mainz/London/Madrid/New York/Paris/Tokyo/Toronto)
ISMN M-001-12146-0

Mazltov! contains detailed melodic transcriptions (with chords) from the
acclaimed CD by Joel Rubin with the Epstein Brothers Orchestra (recipients
of the 1998 National Heritage Fellowship): "Zeydes un Eyniklekh
(Grandfathers and Grandsons). Jewish-American Wedding Music from the
Repertoire of Dave Tarras" (Schott Wergo SM 1610-2). Also included in the
publication is the first available detailed essay on ornamentation and
other aspects of klezmer performance style (in English and German). While
originally conceived for clarinet, the pieces can be adapted for any melody
instrument and arranged for any instrumental combination. Mazltov! provides
the best possible introduction to the music of the "King of Klezmer", Dave
Tarras (1897-1989). 

About "Zeydes un Eyniklekh" (Grandfathers and Grandsons). Jewish-American
Wedding Music from the Repertoire of Dave Tarras (Joel Rubin with the
Epstein Brothers Orchestra; Schott Wergo SM 1610-2):

"Forget Mendelssohn if you're looking for the ultimate disc of joyful
wedding music. ... Rubin may just outshine his master on these 16 romps...
The generational mix, the careful choice of repertoire, and Rubin's fluid
tone and outrageous assortment of decorative phrases contribute to making
this one of the most dashing recordings of Jewish music in recent years.
It's hot dance music: peppy, jazzy, humorous."
(Boston Phoenix)

"Rubin ... is probably the most virtuosic klezmer clarinetist in the world
today. ... He commands this art like nobody else. ..."
(Dr. Eleonore Buening, "Schallplattenprisma," S2 Kultur, Southern German
Radio)

"For everyone interested in this Jewish traditional music [this album is]
essential - and I write that most emphatically!"
(Folk Roots)

"The Jewish-American wedding music from the repertoire of clarinetist Dave
Tarras as interpreted by Joel Rubin and the Epstein Brothers Orchestra ...
stands out from the current flood of klezmer recordings."
(Frankfurter Rundschau)

"This is 'traditional' klezmer music played by people who live it ... the
Jewish equivalent of BB King and Buddy Guy and Junior Wells holding a
summit."
(Ari Davidow)

Mazltov! is internationally available from the following sources:

USA and Canada
European American Music Distributors Corp (EAMDC)
P.O. Box 850
Valley Forge, PA 19482-0850
Tel (610) 648-0506
Fax (610) 889-0242

Great Britain and Canada:
Schott & Co. Ltd.
Brunswick Road
Ashford, Kent TN23 1DX
Tel (0133) 628 987
Fax (0133) 610 232

Germany and all other countries not specially listed here:
Schott Music Distribution (SMD)
Carl-Zeiss-Str. 1
D-55129 Mainz
Germany
Tel (49) (6131) 505-0 
http://www.schott-music.com

Austria:
Hofmeister-Figaro Verlag
Brucknerstr. 6
A-1040 Vienna
Tel (01) 505-7651-0
Fax (01) 505-9185

Brazil
Editoral Akademica Brasil Ltda.
Caixa Postal 5312
80040 Curitiba 310
Parana
Tel (41) 264-3625
Fax (41) 262-2979

Due out in October 1998:

Joel Rubin, "'Can't You Play Anything Jewish?' Klezmer-Musik und juedische
Sozialization im Nachkriegsamerika (Klezmer Music and Jewish Socialization
in Post-War America)", in: Jewish -- Juedische Erfahrungen in den Kulturen
Grossbritanniens und Nordamerikas nach 1945 (Jewish Experiences in the
Cultures of Great Britain and North America since 1945), edited by Beate
Neumeier-Hornung and Andrea Kinsky-Ehritt. Wiesbaden, Germany: Harrassowitz
Verlag (in German). In the series "Juedische Kultur, Studien zu Religion,
Geistesgeschichte und Kultur" (Jewish Culture. Studies on Religion, History
of Ideas, and Culture), editor Professor Karl E. Groezinger, University of
Potsdam. 

For more information on the Schott Wergo Jewish Music Series of CDs, the
Joel Rubin Jewish Music Ensemble and other publications by Joel Rubin,
visit the JCPR website:

http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/simontov