Re: Koyln

[Owen Davidson <owend...>]

Here I go again, sticking my big fat two cents in everyone's face.  I believe,
if I am not mistaken, that I may have I heard from some source who may or may
not have been more or less informed, that Tsiganoff based his rendition on a
Yiddish folksong called "Koyln," and added a third section from another well
known song.  It is also possible that I dreamed the whole thing or only
partially and imperfectly absorbed the information due to moral lassitude or
some form of congenital idiocy.  I'm sure I will soon be brought to task for
this lapse, but by that time I will have succeeded in hopelessly muddying the
academic waters and it will be to late for all of you.

borzykowski wrote:

> > about Mishka Tsiganoff's 1920s recording "Koyln"
>
> Dear Christian,
>
> AFAIK, Koylyn means "coal" but also pains or sorrows.
> The Mishka Tsiganoff's 1920s recording was reissued on the CD:
> "Klezmer Music, Early Yiddish instrumental Music, First Recordings
> 1908-1927"
> "Koylyn" was also recorded later on the following CDs:
> " Ich hob a Nigun" by the Maxwell Street Klezmer Band, live at a festival in
> Fürth (Germany) 1994 ...
> (D'you remember, Lori?)
> "Chicken" by Kapelye.
> As "bulgar" by Bente Kahan on the CD "Yiddishkeit"
> A rather approximate music notation was edited as "Kolyn" by Mike Curtis
> (Advance Music).
> Michal
>
> Michel Borzykowski
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Owen Davidson
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