Re: New-comer query re Beregovski

[Sylvia Schildt <creativa...>]

Colin,

Congratulations.


You might query Adrienne Cooper at the Workmen's Circle in NY or Chana
Mlotek. I believe singer Shulamis Dion also made some forays into the
Beregovsky material.

One point however -- Beregovski hardly falls into the category of "Klezmer
Tunes."

Which brings up a general point -- there is more to the Jewish musical
Heritage than Klezmer music -- and all of it, folk, Chasidic, choral,
theatre and art songs, are worth exploring and sharing with your audiences.

Happy discoveries,


Sylvia Schildt
Chair, 8th World Conference of the International Association of Yiddish
Clubs to be held in Baltimore, Sept 4,5,6,7, 2003




on 6/25/02 8:31 AM, Colin E. Ramirez at cer7q (at) 
neon(dot)mail(dot)virginia(dot)edu wrote:

> Hello group
> I  wonder if any of you knowledgeable folks could address
> the following:  I am getting a bit more active in picking
> out repertoire for a local Klezmer group, and have been
> trying to use the latest edition of Beregovski, with it's
> CD, as a source. (I really enjoy the old style of Budowitz
> and Rubin et al) It's tough to use, especially trying to
> find correlation between recordings to listen to, and the
> written transcriptions, because of the "name problem" (lack
> thereof). But worse, there is not even indication of which
> "number" of the tune is relevant for the examples included
> on the book-associated CD, for most of the examples! Seems
> a bit of an editorial oversight... A shame in an otherwise
> great resource.
> I wonder if any one who is highly familiar with the
> repertoire has already done the homework to correct these
> issues i.e. linked the examples on the CD with the
> transcriptions and/or found common "recorded as" names for
> the generically named tunes in the book?  I always love to
> listen to as many examples as possible for stylistic
> possibilities and nuance before plunging in to the bare
> bones notes. The tape that accompanied H.S.'s "Compleat
> Klezmer" was/is a wonderful resource for this. The variety
> of names and even spellings under which tunes are recorded
> makes life complicated (as well as interesting)... I wonder
> if someday some compulsive organizer will do a database of
> recorded Klez tunes like some of the Irish/old time gang
> has done. I've not yet been to Klez Camp... has any such
> emerged out of that?
> Much thanks for any idea,s from this mandolin/tenor
> banjo/wooden flute player, Cuban/Jewish heritage
> Irish/Contra/baroque player, who finally heard the question
> "ain't you people got any of yer own music?" and glad of it!
> 
> Colin
> cer7q (at) virginia(dot)edu
> 
> 

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