Re: Portland, OR, 7/22-25: Lev Liberman class, "Klezmer Music: From Underground to Outer Edge"

[Eliezer Kaplan <zelwel...>]

> the dark ages
> of Catskills kitsch;

OK. Far be it from me to say anything in the company of you professional
klezmers who all know your Phrygians from your Hijazes, but...

I'd hardly call the 50's a 'dark ages'- I understand that jobs were hard to
come by in those days and then (as now) people took gigs that may have not
been the greatest in order to make ends meet (as a currently out-of-work
software developer I can relate to that). From the standpoint of Ashkenazic
Jewish music, I'd associate the 50's with Mickey Katz- kind of a Jewish
Louis Prima and almost of that stature as a musical figure in the world at
large. (I have a Prima bust on my piano- right between Gene Krupa and Sun Ra
;-). Doesn't the existence of at least one major innovator with a good deal
of popularity keep an age from being entirely dark?

                                EK


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Subject: Portland, OR, 7/22-25: Lev Liberman class, "Klezmer Music: From
Underground to Outer Edge"


> This announcement is from:
> http://www.judaic.pdx.edu/osjs/courses.htm#week3
>
> Week 3: Monday, July 22-Thursday, July 25
>
> Section 4A - 7:00 pm-9:20 pm
>
> Sociology 099, 410, 510 Klezmer Music: From Underground to Outer Edge
> Lev Liberman, Ethnomusicologist and performer
>
> Klezmer - Eastern European Yiddish instrumental music - emigrated to
America
> circa 1910, went underground in the Great Depression, and re-emerged in
the
> 1970s. We'll explore its timeless appeal through rare recordings and live
> musical demonstrations - tracking the genre's evolution from Ukrainian
> village bands to the postmodern avant-garde. Topics include: mad genius
> clarinetist Naftule Brandwein; influences of Roma (Gypsies); the dark ages
> of Catskills kitsch; dynamics of the klezmer revival; today's trailblazing
> stylists in neo-klezmer fusion; and Euro-roots retro.
>
> Lev Liberman co-founded The Klezmorim - the world's first klezmer-revival
> band - in 1975, performing worldwide with the Grammy-nominated group until
> 1988 when he returned to his native Portland. He taught Yiddish and Jewish
> music at Lehrhaus Judaica in Berkeley, CA and was director of the archives
> of music and performing arts at the Judah Magnes Museum.
>
>
> Registration Information:
> http://www.judaic.pdx.edu/osjs/registration.htm
>
>
>

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