Re: One klezmer's experience

[I. Oppenheim <i.oppenheim...>]

On Thu, 4 Sep 2003, BlackMonk wrote:

>   2) That people who play Chassidic music but don't
>   keep Jewish law are not doing any service to the
>   Chassidim who inspire them.  Women shouldn't sing,
>   we shouldn't play on Shabbos, we should devote our
>   lives to mitzvos, and then the music all makes
>   sense in context.>
>
>   How observant were Dave Tarras, Naftule Brandwein, etc?

If I understood you well, you suggest that Klezmer
music was Chassidic in nature. In what sense? was
Klezmer specifically introduced cq. mainly used by
chassidim? Did misnagdim (the opponents of the
Chassidim) object to it?



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