RE: Pakn Trager in Yiddish or English?

[Seth Rogovoy <rogovoy...>]

not only is it in English, they wouldn't even let me use the word "khazn" in
an article I wrote for them! they insisted I change it to "cantor"!

--Seth Rogovoy

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org
> [mailto:owner-jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org]On Behalf Of Robert Cohen
> Sent: Thursday, July 15, 1999 7:17 PM
> To: World music from a Jewish slant
> Subject: RE: Pakn Trager
>
>
> Ignorant question:  Is this magazine in Yiddish (only)?--i.e., no English
> translations of articles?
>
>
> >From: Reyzl Kalifowicz-Waletzky <reyzl (at) flash(dot)net>
> >Reply-To: jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org
> >To: World music from a Jewish slant <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
> >Subject: RE: What is the market for Jewish music Mag?
> >Date: Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:59:06 -0400
> >
> >The plan has long been to make this a national magazine.  The editor quit
> >and that has caused one big problem.  The hope to make it
> national is still
> >there, but there are all kinds of delays.
> >
> >It is wonderful a wonderful magazine.
> >
> >
> >Reyzl
> >
> >
> >----------
> >From:  Penny Chase[SMTP:pc (at) mitre(dot)org]
> >Sent:  Thursday, July 15, 1999 1:00 PM
> >To:  World music from a Jewish slant
> >Subject:  Re: What is the market for Jewish music Mag?
> >
> >--On Wed, Jul 14, 1999 4:00 PM -0400 Ari Davidow
> <ari (at) ivritype(dot)com> wrote:
> >
> > > The niche may be much larger than we think. I have no idea why Pakn
> > > Trager didn't/doesn't reach a wider audience, unless it just
> takes time
> > > to get people to realize how broad the range that it covers is. I do
> > > know that the NYBC has cut back on the publication schedule, which is
> > > most unfortunate.
> >
> >It's not clear to me that NYBC has tried to distribute it other than as
> >part of membership or at their gift shop, which is a shame
> because is is a
> >wonderful magazine (and the past two issues have touched upon the Klezmer
> >Revival and John Zorn). As for the reduction, I guess that NYBC felt that
> >they had to devote their resources to their main mission - saving and
> >distributing Yiddish books - rather than Pakn Trager.
> >
> >Penny
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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