Re: Klezmer/klezmer

[George Robinson <grcomm...>]

Then you follow the stylebook of the publication you're writing for. It's going 
in
their pages, nu?
G

Joe Kurland wrote:

> 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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