Re: articles on the flute in Jewish music

[Robert Cohen <rlcm17...>]

I can't advise re the flute specifically in klezmer--not my field--but 
for those (including, obviously, klezmer aficianados and players) who 
would like some scholarly background and context on the flute in 
(ancient) Jewish music generally, I recommend a gevalt article by the 
distinguished musicologist Hanoch Avenary, "Flutes for a Bride or a Dead 
Man:  The Symbolism of the Flute According to Hebrew Sources" (i.e., 
flutes at ancient weddings, funerals, etc., replete with references to 
the flute in Talmudic and, I think, other sources), which appeared in a 
scholarly journal called Orbis Musicae, Vol. I, No. 1 (it must have been 
its first issue--I hadn't realized that), August 1971 (pp. 11-24).


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>Please could I now ask for words of wisdom on the flute and early 
klezmer.
>I see wooden flutes in photographs of kapelye and read about them, but
>there seems to be a lack of early recordings or later revival.
>Can anyone please list recordings that have flute, especially in small
>ensembles as opposed to chirpy piccolos in big bands? Also are there 
any
>recent recording of flute players who have integrated klezmer style.
>Until recently I thought my favorite example of flute was on my 
favorite
>recent klezmer
>CD ie track 9 on Alicia Svigal's "Fidl" on the Crossroads Label. 
However on
>checking my facts I notice that its a kaval being played beautifully by
>Matt Darriau. 
>I guess kavals, recorders, whistles and even neys, etc would have found
>themselves in klezmer kapelyes sometimes esp. regionally?
>Finally, has anyone written any articles about klezmer flute 
ornamentation
>and phrasing? Would the design of the instruments have been 
significally
>different?
>Thankyou for your comments. These queries have been prompted by celtic 
and
>classical flute players who have been to my klezmer introduction 
workshops
>or gigs.
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