Re: Help: looking for a word

[Lionel Mrocki <amrocks...>]

What about "khayn" which depicts the more exhuberant nature of klezmer.

elliott_simon (at) dca(dot)net wrote:

> To me, the cantorial frameworks that provide klezmer with
> its "jewishness" are akin to the african american spirituals that
> provide jazz with it's "soul"....is there a yiddish term for
> this "soul" or feel of the music that makes it klezmer....that is not
> just a translation of the word soul.....if there isn't...there should
> be...can we agree on one?....this is for a review I am
> doing...thanks...elliott
>

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Regards,

Lionel Mrocki


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