Re: Jewish music in the Diaspora and the dominant culture

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

Here's a question that is somewhat related.  I was reading somewhere 
(sorry I can't remember where) that when Anton Rubenstein founded the 
St. Petersburg Music Academy in the 19th century, many Jewish musicians, 
especially violinists, came to study (this being the first time they 
were allowed to study in such a place).  Their traditional stylings were 
kept, to a degree, in their classical playing.  The author suggested 
that the characteristics that we think of as being classical, such as 
vibrato, came from the this tradition.  I know that in performances 
where older techniques are displayed, I don't hear the vibrato.  Can 
anyone confirm this?

Lorele


Pete Rushefsky wrote:

>  Jews dominated the Central Asian Music music scene as well-- 
> specifically Transoxania (Bukhara.Tashkent, etc.).  Ted Levin's book 
> One Hundred Thousand Fools of Gold is an amazing ethnomusicologic 
> account.
>
> In the book, one Jewish performer explained to Levin that it must have 
> been the chicken soup.
>
> Pete Rushefsky
>
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