Re: Serious Tsimblkeit

[Ari Davidow <ari...>]

I am in awe. What an amazing assemblage of tsimbalists, yourself included. 

ari 

At 02:30 PM 9/5/00 -0400, you wrote:
>Here's a late two cents on what my favorite part of Klezkanada was-- an actual
>tsimbl class!!!  Getting the chance to have faculty like Josh Horowitz, Zev
>Feldman and Stu Brotman (tsimbler Kurt Bjorling was also around), a great crop
>of six talented students, and of course those beautiful trapeziform instruments
>was a real Machaya!  There were some deep discussions of stick "ballistics,"
>tsimbl sitar, and how to correctly play out of rhythm and tune.  The tsimbl
>revival is in full force-- and much credit goes to the above mentioned faculty
>for their part in resurrecting this important Jewish musical tradition.
>
>That's the way it was,
>Pete Rushefsky
>Card Carrying Member
>Cimbalom World Association
>
>

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