Re: Do we need printed klezmer music?

[Seth Austen <seth...>]

on 6/7/00 7:39 AM, Joshua Horowitz at horowitz (at) styria(dot)com wrote:

> 
> "After careful consideration of your proposal to publish a collection of
> klezmer tunes with our house, we have come to the following conclusion:
> Basically we have observed that klezmer music has shown an incalculable
> upward trend, which is brought to our ears on a worldwide scale by excellent
> ensembles such as your own. This means that the professional offering of
> klezmer is taken on by routined musicians and has the effect of being
> authentic only when played by these. For this reason, a large printed
> edition of klezmer music would only be intended for this target group of
> specialists, who play either by memory, or they already have these tunes in
> their repertoire from long ago and won't need a collection of such pieces in
> any great amount....We also think that those interested in klezmer music
> will not look for it in "our publishing house" but will go to a publisher
> who specializes in folklore music in a wide sense...we therefore must reject
> your proposal and ask for your understanding for our decision."
> 
> Any comments? Josh Horowitz

Aaaaghk, the music buis never ceases to amaze.

Even though I mostly prefer to learn tunes by ear, I can't imagine not
owning a copy of this book, and referring to it often, just as I have
purchased and used numerous Celtic and jazz standard fakebooks, along with
the few klezmer collections currently available. Surely there's one or two
pieces in this out of print collection that no one has yet recorded???

As per another posting re; you self publishing it, if you do this, count me
in for one more copy sold direct.

Seth

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