Re: Klezmer is dead

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A recent German film (English title: Beyond Silence),
concerns an o-so-sensitive  young woman, the daughter of
hearing-impaired  parents
-note the symbolism- who aspires to become a klezmer clarinetist.
Nowhere in this film  are either Jews or Jewish music ever mentioned!!!

Argentine/Israeli clarinetist Giora Fiedman makes a brief appearance.

I believe that in the future, due to a strong recording industry
and healthy grants for the arts,  -not to mention what I perceive as
a  bizarre cultural necrophilia-  German Gentiles will be among
the major performers /purveyors of East European Jewish music

This will no doubt be good news to those who believe that cultural
literacy,
the ability to speak Yiddish or a meaningful Jewish life experience
are not especially important attributes of the klezmer/Yiddish
performer.



Wolf


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