Yiddish in Montreal + klezmer arranging

[Henri Oppenheim <hoppen...>]

Hi, my name is Henri Oppenheim, and this is my first message to the list.

I play accordion and write arrangements for a new klezmer band based in
Montreal, Canada : "Kleztory".

I have so many question that I will probably ask them one by one.

The first one is about Yiddish. Unfortunately, I don't speek Yiddish,
but I would like to take lessons, here in Montreal. I have no doubt that
some members of the list live here and could give me advice on the issue.

The second, and last for today, is about klezmer arranging. I ordered
Pete Sokolow's book on Klezmer arranging, but it appeared to be very
basic, and I am looking for something more advanced. Is there any
source, internet or book (of course CDs are the best source...) about
klezmer arranging ?

I keep my other questions (about scales for example) for a coming message...

Thanks for any suggestion.

Henri Oppenheim

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