Re: Liturgical Music that stirs my soul!

[DrRMF2700 <DrRMF2700...>]

In a message dated 7/10/99 9:22:59 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
PGIFFORD (at) flint(dot)umich(dot)edu writes:

<<  I believe the author interviewed on NPR re history of accordian said the 
 > initial value of the accordian was its ability to be heard in a village or 
 > shtetl by a larger group of people than say a guitar, violin or clarinet. 
The 
 > traveling piano was for the assembled commonfolk in the woods as opposed 
to 
 > the amplified acoustics of the concert hall. 
 > The haughty nazi elite considered the accordian vulgar, low class for 
 > gypsys..and other commoners. Long live the accordian!
 
 This seems very dubious. How could they ban what was undoubtedly the 
 most popular instrument in Germany? If they banned Jewish wedding 
 music, it wouldn't have mattered what instruments it was played on. 
 Germans and Austrians played it widely. Who is this author?
 
 Paul Gifford
 

Paul,
I am in the process of researching the source of that info and verify if in 
fact it's true.
More to follow!
Robert Fogel

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