Re: Klezmer/klezmer

[Joe Kurland <ganeydn...>]

Anyone have a stylebook?  And what if two stylebooks disagree?


Zayt gezunt (be healthy),

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


At 2:42 PM -0500 1/7/02, Lori Cahan-Simon wrote:
>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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