Re: gilded script on the inlay

[Joe Kurland & Peggy Davis <ganeydn...>]

Judith Cohen wrote:
>But they say, Oh, there's a pronunciation guide, terrific
>transcriptions, and some good introductory notes, and after all I HAVE
>heard several people who also don't know the tradition very well singing
>/playing arrangements of it. So I can learn this ok, I really don't need
>to know what it sounds like.

This reminds me of a time when I was in the Ethnic Dance Theatre 
Choir in Minneapolis.  We usually sang Balkan or Slavic music, and I 
think the group did so quite well, at that. But as the repertoire of 
the dancers widened its geographical spread, the choir's music did, 
too. We learned a song from a remote Russian republic from a 
recording sung by a Westerner, without even a correct transcription 
of the words. Then a professional dance troupe from that very ethnic 
group came to do a workshop with the dancers, and two of them came to 
coach us on singing;  imagine our chagrin when they couldn't even 
recognize the language we were singing. Enough said!

Peggy Davis
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