Re: Klezmer/klezmer

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

But I've seen "Jazz" capitalized in similar situations.
Lor

Joe Kurland wrote:

> 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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