Re: Klezmer/klezmer

[Joe Kurland <ganeydn...>]

Since klezmer means musician (albeit a particular type of musician), 
I see no reason to capitalize it in English.  Yiddish, of course, 
when written in English gets capitalized as any language name or 
ethnic group would.


Zayt gezunt (be healthy),

Yosl (Joe) Kurland
The Wholesale Klezmer Band
Colrain, MA 01340
voice/fax: 413-624-3204
http://www.WholesaleKlezmer.com


At 1:22 PM -0500 1/7/02, Lori Cahan-Simon wrote:
>Here's another nit-picky question from me:  When writing about the
>music, does one capitalize the "K"?  Is it Klezmer music or klezmer
>music?  Does one play klezmer or Klezmer?
>
>I'm writing an article on Yiddish Dance and want to have that bit right.
>
>Thanks,
>Lorele
>

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