Re: Happy Nigun and Kammen

[Michel Borzykowski <borzykowski...>]

----- Original Message ----- 
" Happy Nigun "  pops up earlier on sheet music in the fiddle key of Dm in :
"Kammen international dance and concert folio #9"


Dear Ernie and all,
Happy Nigun appears indeed as No12 Bulgar (Frailach) in the "Kammen 
international dance and concert folio #9", described "as played by Sam Ash and 
his Club Society orchestra". But I have no further information about Sam Ash.
My 1924 version of Kammen's doesn't indicate any chords!

Many "Jewish" fast tunes in the "Kammen's" are called "Bulgar (Frailach) Jewish 
Dance", often without mention of the title (Happy nigun, Sherele, Kishiniever 
bulgar, Kiever bulgar, Odessa bulgar, etc. ), which is IMHO a bit astonishing 
for printed music with copyrights. 
Kammen mentions further: "All the Jewish Frailachs in this book can also be 
played as Greek dances" and lists some "Jewish" tunes as Serbian, Roumanian, 
Russian... 

By the way, the "Jewish" tunes show always a tipical ending 
(here for a D-tune, 7 meaning quaver-rest, / a down move and _ a long note): 
Jewish tunes: A-glissando--> D 7   /A 7   /D
Gipsy tunes : D D C+ D  /D
Romanian tunes : D E F+ A D 7 D 7 /D
Ukrainian tunes: /D ABC+  D
Russian tunes: D 7 /D
and Hungarian tunes: B 7 C+ 7 D  /D

I don't know if this observation is relevant or not, concerning Kammen's Folios 
or East European music...

Sorry, Khewre, if this mail is trivial beside the pain of the people in NY and 
Washington. I'm in thoughts with all suffering people.
Michal