Re: flute in klezmer music

[Owen Davidson <owend...>]

Perhaps Henry can vouch for the authenticity of this (I was there, but
having been seated, have no standing):

Question to Leon Schwartz from a Klez-kamper (at a discussion chaired by
Michael Alpert) concerning the presence of the flute in kapelyes in
Bukovina:

"Was it a wooden flute?"

Leon replied:  "It was a wooden flute, and sometimes it wooden work!"

That, ipso facto, may be the answer.

Rachel Fischer wrote:

> hi!
> I noticed that in many pictures of klezmers bands in the 19th century
> there was a flutist.  I was wondering if anyone knows why it has become
> not very popular in contemporary klezmer bands.
> rachel
>

--
Owen Davidson
Amherst  Mass
The Wholesale Klezmer Band

The Angel that presided o'er my birth
Said Little creature formd of Joy and Mirth
Go Love without the help of any King on Earth

Wm. Blake


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