Re: who is to say what is Klezmer?

[glenn tamir <klezska...>]

Seriously though, where does the word Klezmer come
from?  What exactly does it mean?  Isn't the root Kle
Zemer or something like that?  

just curious...

--- George Robinson <GRComm (at) concentric(dot)net> wrote:
> Why do I feel like the old Bill Cosby line, "Why is
> there air?" (To
> which Cos adds, "That's a stupid question. Any phys.
> ed. major knows
> that. To blow up volleyballs.")
> 
> I think I probably have as eclectic and wide-ranging
> a definition of
> klezmer as any music critic in America; I merely
> felt that someone
> looking for mainstream (i.e., traditional) klezmer
> would be taken aback
> by HSN. They're not exactly Kapelye, you know. And
> Yakar Rhythm, the
> Senegalese drummers are probably playing klezmer,
> although they are
> klezmorim in the literal sense.
> 
> Me, I listen to everything (except Barry Manilow as
> we've already
> indicated this week).
> 
> George (large ears, mouth to match) Robinson
> 
> 
> 
> glenn tamir wrote:
> > 
> > --- George Robinson <GRComm (at) concentric(dot)net> wrote:
> > > I don't recall who is at Tonic for the klezmer
> > > brunch, but that is
> > > always a good bet. Hasidic New Wave is playing a
> > > very interesting gig on
> > > Saturday night at Makor at 9:30 p.m., a
> > > collaboration with a Senegalese
> > > drum group. I did a feature on it for Jewish
> Week
> > > and it sounds like a
> > > wild evening. However, it's not exactly klezmer.
> > 
> > ****Ahh!  But who is to say what is Klezmer? 
> After
> > all, there's Blues, then there's Delta Blues,
> Chicago
> > Blues, etc...
> > 
> > Is Klezmer merely the "traditional" form or can
> other
> > styles be refered to as Klezmer.  What is
> Klezmer???
> > 
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