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[jonathan walton <jaw42...>]

Thanks to everyone for your replies. The festival itself is the 10th London 
International JMF which I'm involved in in a very minor way. What I am 
involved more seriously in is YaD, a new platform for contemporary Jewish 
arts in the UK that is being launched at a central London nightclub within 
the above festival. The idea is to bring together 
musicians/DJs/programmers/visual artists to change perceptions both outside 
and specifically inside the overwhelmingly secular majority of the 
community. The night will see the launch of an EP and then follow up gigs 
around the country and further recordings.

MY question regarding historical ties between Jewish and 'host' music is 
directly connected to this project - ie to what extent a fusion of 
contemporary dance music culture and Jewish musical ideas (be they folk-song 
adaptations, the use of certain modes or instruments, songs about pickled 
cucumbers etc) can be seen as a continuing tradition of cultural absorption. 
Ie how much to traditional klezmer forms owe to pre-existing East European 
genres - are the klezmer styles distinct in their own right or rather 
'dialects' of other genres? Is the relationship between the stateless 
people's culture and that of the various hosts one of conscious 
adoption/mutual influence/plagiarism/none of the above?

I'd be very grateful for any ideas - also if anyone knows where to find a 
copy of the Feldman article.
Yours,
Jonathan.

ps Josh - great workshop in Leeds! Sophie certainly remembers it!
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