Re: Moskowitz/Buhusher Chusid

[Owen Davidson <owend...>]

Dear Paul,

Would you happen to know the meaning of the word "trandafir?"  I'm
wondering if it is related in any way to the Greek "triandafyllo," which
would make the title of the tune "Rose of Moldova."  Possible?

Owen

"Paul M. Gifford" wrote:

> Speaking of Moskowitz's "Buhusher Chusid," my friend Nicolae Feraru,
> a Gypsy cimbalom player from Bucharest now in Chicago, happened to
> hear that, and he recognized one strain as part of a hora that cobza
> players used to play, probably in the region around Bucharest. Too
> bad the liner notes don't identify the tunes ("La Bacau," "Trandafir
> din Moldova," etc.).
>
> Paul Gifford
>

--
Owen Davidson
Amherst  Mass
The Wholesale Klezmer Band

Then I went to my Pretty Rose-tree;
To tend her by day and by night.
But my Rose turned away with jealousy:
And her thorns were my only delight.

Wm. Blake


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