Re: Oriental Jewish Music

[Bronia Kornhauser <Bronia.Kornhauser...>]

Bronia Kornhauser wrote:
> 
> I have come across some problems in my work as archivist for our Jewish
> Music Archive and am seeking help from this wonderful list.
> I am trying to categorise our material into Ashkenazi, Sephardi and
> Oriental Jewish music and would like your opinions on the following:
> When one is referring to the music of Oriental Jews, which
> geographical/cultural/stylistic groups does this cover?
> And would you use the term Sephardi interchangeably with Oriental for
> some (all?) of those groups?
> Many thanks in anticipation
> Bronia
> 

To everyone who replied to my query (both on-list and off), thank you
all for your comments. They have been extremely helpful. And I must say
that this list is an absolutely fabulous resource!
Bronia

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