Re: Question on use of klezmer music

[Lori Cahan-Simon <l_cahan...>]

If I am remembering my music history correctly, trombone was one of the
instruments allowed to be played in the church, originally, because of its
mournful sound.
lorele

"Alex J. Lubet" wrote:

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> > What do you play at a funeral (besides doynas, i suppose)?=20
> >
> > Rivkele di shabesdike, Flatbush waltz, Blessing nigun and other slow =
> > nigunim,
> > some of my own compositions like Aynfakher nigun, Corinne, Troyrik =
> > welt...
> > and even sometimes on request (with a singer): Papirossn, Rojinkes mit =
> > mandeln, Oy mame bin ikh falibt (slow version).
> > But not on trombone... :-)}
> >
> Not a Jewish reference, but one piece of evidence that trombone is appropriate
> for funerals is that the 'Dirge Canons' in Stravinsky's 'In Memoriam Dylan
> Thomas' are played by a quartet of trombones.  Trombone is, of course, also
> prominent in the New Orleans jazz played in that city's legendary funerals.
>
> Alex Lubet, Ph. D.
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> Adjunct Professor of American and Jewish Studies
> University of Minnesota
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