Re: Meaning of "Klezmer"

[robert wiener <wiener...>]

Josh,

Which attempts to integrate klezmer music into modern compositions are
you thinking of?

Bob

-----Original Message-----
From: Joshua Horowitz <horowitz (at) styria(dot)com>
To: World music from a Jewish slant <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
Date: Tuesday, January 04, 2000 4:21 AM
Subject: Re: Meaning of "Klezmer"


....
>I compose also, and my experience as a klezmer musician has virtually
no
>part in that. It's just too banal compositionally to try to integrate
>klezmer music into modern compositions. Bartok did a fantastic job at
>integrating Hungarian and Romanian folk music into his personal
>compositional style. But attempts to do that today always seem to me
to
>be very old-fashioned, no matter how seemingly modern. It's the ACT
>itself which seems outdated, not to mention the results. The
aesthetic
>is obsolete. Josh
>
>----------------------
jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org ---------------------+
>