Re: Does klezmer have a place in academia?

[allen watsky <awatsky...>]

Yes, the request came for Firn De Mek. for a ceremony. No dancing , 
unfortunately. Again this week, the request, if they dance, I'll file a report 
in triplicate. AW
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Leonard Koenick 
  To: World music from a Jewish slant 
  Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2002 12:18 PM
  Subject: RE: Does klezmer have a place in academia?


  Or better yet, why not just contact some Yiddish speakers in Pittsburgh and 
organize your own class.  You don’t need the university to study.

   

  Leonard Koenick 

   

   

  -----Original Message-----
  From: owner-jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org [mailto:owner-jewish-music (at) 
shamash(dot)org]On Behalf Of Lori Cahan-Simon
  Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2002 7:50 AM
  To: World music from a Jewish slant
  Subject: Re: Does klezmer have a place in academia?

   

  Nu, Yakov, why don't you go to the people in charge of schedulling classes 
and tell them what you want?  If you can get, say, ten people together who want 
to learn something specific, perhaps they'll hire a prof for you.  Maybe...

  Yakov Chodosh wrote:



Oh yeah, hell yeah klezmer has a place in academia. Klezmer has a place 
everywhere. EVERYWHERE! Um... particularly the University of Pittsburgh. They 
just don't know it yet. Seriously though, or more seriously -- the history and 
theory and musicologicalogicalology of klezmer is real and interesting and very 
cool. Why shouldn't it be taught in school? I mean, Sure the quality of the 
class would be directly proportional to the quality of the instructor, just 
like always. My friend Daniela is taking the class at Yale and she says it 
rocks. Gee whiz. I wish they had a class here. At least a Yiddish class. Is 
that too much to ask?

And Al:
A bride requests Firn De Mekhutonim, thats a success for the music, if  the
Mekhutonim dance, now thats victory.

Did that happen someplace??

-Brave Mother-in-Law
http://www.pitt.edu/~ync8
"Chow Yun-Fat should have won best actor, but it wasn't in English, so no one 
could tell." -roomate.

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