Re: Israeli Klezmer

[Joshua Horowitz <horowitz...>]

Berlin Moshe wrote:
 
> I have my own explanation to the very difference in definition of
> "klezmer" here and aboard, and when the day come I'll send it to the list

What will come first, Mousse: the above, or Meshiakh?

Thanks for speaking up again. It looks like some explanations might flow
in, now...

In spite of what you call language difficulties, I think a lot of people
(count me among them) could really benefit from your observations. I
think a lot of people know Israeli klezmer only from what is offered as
an import in their local record shop, and have no way of experiencing
the behind-the-scene (i.e. Bne-Brak/Mea Shearim/Greater Jerusalem
Khassene) circuit which is your area. Thanks for writing... Josh

Berlin Moshe wrote:
>     In my opinion (and according to my feeling) I am a klezmer "Net". All
> what I play is klezmer and nothing else. I am exposed to many musical stuff
> and I play it in a klezmer mind.
> 
>     I have recorded two Cds on Charlebach music (48 nigunim) subtitled
> "klezmers playing Charlebach" and B"H it sells good. Tara didn't put it in
> the klezmer section of their catalog, but under "instrumental music". Why?
> because it is not from the classical-east-european repertoire. Also it was
> not put in the "Carlebach" section of the catalog, because it is not vocal.
> The absurd  is that while it is real klezmer music touching the music or R'
> Shlomo, there is no opportunity to the widely klezmer audiophile to hear it.
> 
>     Once I send to Simon (Hatikva)  another 2 CDs of klezmer music (My
> style), but he was not interested in distributing them because I was using
> electrical instruments and not acoustic one. So another klezmer music was
> prevented from the American audiophile.
> 
>     I think that whether you like if or not, try to listen to the voices
> from Israel and decide by yourselves what you like or not and what fits to
> your definition of klezmer and maybe it will help to change slightly that
> definition.
> 
> Moshe (Moussa) berlin
> 
> Joshua Horowitz wrote:
> 
> > For a long time, I've wanted to say how unfathomable it is that Moussa
> > Berlin (speaking of Israeli klezmer) hasn't been considered one of the
> > seminal figures of the klezmer revival. Back in the 60's Moussa was
> > playing off of Brandwein and Tarras 78's before the term or methods of
> > the revival had even been conceived. He's almost single-handedly
> > replenished the Israeli scene with a true eastern European repertoire,
> > been the main source for the Tarras cult that developed among the
> > Hasidim in the past 10 years there and has never given up playing
> > functionally. He's a veritable lexicon of Hasidic tunes, not to mention
> > a really nice guy. Every once in awhile he writes into this list, but
> > whenever that's happened, it seems no one's really paid much attention.
> > True there is a lot of Israeli shlock out there, and there aren't any
> > complete bands that catch my fancy, but in a few corners there lurk some
> > pretty unbelievable oytsres... Josh Horowitz
> >
> > > << Israeli klezmer, on the other hand....
> > >  >>
> > >
> > > except for a handful or artists...Israeli Klezmer is not "klezmer"
> >
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