musical history of klezmer forms

[jonathan walton <jaw42...>]

Hi there,

I'm in London, helping to organise a Jewish music festival this summer and 
I'd appreciate some guidance from knowledgeable fans to help me where my 
netsearches have failed: to try to work out the relationship between Jewish 
music and 'host' music culture. I know there are some purists who maintain 
there is no pure Jewish music, others who claim that an interpretation of, 
say, a polka by a Jewish or Gypsy fiddler last century would have been by 
default substantially different to one played by a conservatory educated 
establishment musician, therefore Jewish music is to a certain extent 
anything played by a Jew.
My exact question relates to the nature of the relationship between 
traditional Jewish forms like the doina, bulgar, freylakh, etc and the 
Central/East European dances (polka, csardas, tango) alongside which they 
evolved. Any ideas of where to look for help?

Thanks v much,
yours,
Jonathan Walton.
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