Re: A QUERY

[Trudi Goodman <goobietheg...>]

   Trudi here...
   Thanks for the information, I will check it out.  As always, Wolf you 
lead a most colorful life!!!
    Sad to hear about Ruth Rubin, she was my first real exposure to Yiddish 
music on the printed page.  Without her...alot of us would not be out here 
playing the "stuff" BHSOHSO!!!!
    Trudi the G

>From: Matt Jaffey <mjaffey2 (at) mum(dot)edu>
>Reply-To: jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org
>To: World music from a Jewish slant <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
>Subject: Re: A QUERY
>Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 11:27:25
>
>Not about Odessa, but for whatever it's worth, Zev Feldman said this in the
>liner notes to the new Khevrisa album:
>
>"The transitional repertoire emerged out of the musical symbiosis of Jewish
>klezmorim with Gypsy lautari in Wallachia/Moldovia, which had its origins
>in the early to mid-18th century. By 1800 it was common for both groups to
>perform together, so that in some towns the leading 'Gypsy' musician was a
>Jew and the leading 'Jewish' musician was a Gypsy." (pp.5-6)
>
>
>

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