Sarba Maracinei

[Sandra Layman <sandralayman...>]

Well, Hankus, I wouldn't try eating it. ;-) "Maracina" (or "maracine" --
take your pick of feminine or masculine variants) in Romanian means
"bramble" or brier." (BTW, there are breve accents over each "a", which
results in an "uh" sound: "muhruhCHEEnuh".)

Banu Maracine was an historical personage after whom several places (towns,
neighborhoods, and streets) in Romania are named. My guess is that either
the guy, or one of the places, is whom or what Sarba Maracinei or Sarba
Maracine is named after.

I'll let you know if I can find out more later...

Sandra


----- Original Message -----
From: <HNetsky (at) aol(dot)com>
To: "World music from a Jewish slant" <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
Sent: Friday, May 16, 2003 4:19 AM
Subject: Sirba Miracinae


> We (the KCB) just recorded Sirba Miracinae, a tune done by Alexander
> Olshanetsky (featuring Joseph Moskovitz) in the 1930s and still popular
among
> the older generation of New York Jewish wedding musicians.  Wondering if
> anyone knows what the title refers to (a place in Romania?  A kind of
> cherry?).  Thanks!
>
> -Hankus
>

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