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Re: Meaning of "Klezmer"

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From: <Velaires (at) aol(dot)com>
To: World music from a Jewish slant <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
Sent: Monday, January 03, 2000 2:49 PM
Subject: Re: Meaning of "Klezmer"


> I think labelling somebody's efforts as "entertainment" is the same thing
as saying its primary concerns are not serious.
<snip>

I disagree.  People have a need to be entertained, and there is nothing
ignoble about satisfying that need.   Shakespeare must have tried to
entertain, or he wouldn't have attracted much of an audience.  Great
musicians take seriously the need toentertain the audience.


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