RE: Klezmer summer workshops

[Judith R. Cohen <jcohen...>]

Hi, in response to Ernie's question - I haven't made a programme yet, but will 
certainly try to take people's expressed interests into account. About 
instruments - they're not very central to Judeo-Spanish song. In fact, not 
particularly important at all
Much of the repertoire was traditionally sung by women, more while doing 
domestic tasks than with time to practice neat licks. They were great on 
hand-percussion, though. Otherwise, in the Ottoman area, the small ensemble 
known as chalgi often played for 
weddings etc - local Turkish and Greek instruments. Violin could be there, oud, 
whatever was around - played (mostly) by the men (though girls inearly
20th century Istanbul took mandoline & sometimes oud lessons.) For the more 
commonly known repertoire made popular by Yehoram Gaon et al. - well, almost 
anything goes, and for the early-music-style crowd, anything "early". But 
really, the true primary 
instrument for Judeo-Spanish songs is the voice.
On our last (1994) Gerineldo album an Israeli Moroccan violOAOAJudith

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