Re: Beregovski

[Sylvia Schildt <creativa...>]

I have not seen his essays, but I have heard a great number of Beregovski
material, and to my mind it is not klezmer in the strict sense, but falls
into the art song genre. In any case, it's beautiful stuff and worth
performing.

Sylvia


on 6/25/02 1:18 PM, Elrosen (at) aol(dot)com at Elrosen (at) aol(dot)com wrote:

> In a message dated 6/25/2002 12:47:20 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> creativa (at) charm(dot)net writes:
> 
> << One point however -- Beregovski hardly falls into the category of "Klezmer
> Tunes." >>
> 
> 
> If that is the case, Sylvia, how would you define klezmer music?
> If I'm not mistaken (and please correct me if I am), his collection consists
> of a large number of instrumental tunes. Looking at his essays, it seems that
> he considers at least a good deal of them to be, in his own words, "klezmer
> music".
> 
> 
> Elie
> 
> 

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