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Re: Jewish Tangos
- From: Jonathan Schorsch <jonjack...>
- Subject: Re: Jewish Tangos
- Date: Fri 23 Jul 1999 16.48 (GMT)
Some of the mentions of Polish Jewish tangos has really whetted my
appetite. Are any recordings _readily_ available? Where might I find the
M. Fogg recordings mentioned? Thanks again for opening my ears.
Jonathan Schorsch
At 09:50 AM 7/23/99 -0400, you wrote:
>I don't know about Jewish origins of tango, but I do hope people become
aware
>of the wonderful tangoes that led the hit parade in Poland in the 1920s by
>Jewish composers such as Petersburgski and Gold. The best recordings are
>perhaps by Miescieslaw Fogg (orig. Fogel). This is of course not to mention
>our many wonderful Yiddish tangoes that followed. --Hankus
>
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