Re: +shers

[winklerh <winklerh...>]

re: " (Helen Winkler has an interesting reference to klezmers playing a
quadrille
in one of her Yizkor book references- "the ruined wedding")"

The chapter called the Ruined Wedding, from the book From a Ruined Garden,
mentions a dance/dances called the Kutner or Larsey.  The dance involved 8
couples, according to the book, but there is no other information provided.
I've tried contacting people with expertise in Polish dance, to see what
those dances could have been, but no one so far, has had any information
about  them.  There isn't any discussion of the sher in this chapter.

Just wondering how the shine fits in with all this discussion of phrasing.
In LeeEllen Friedland's article about the freilechs and the sher, she
mentions that improvisation at any time for any reason, during these dances
was completely acceptable.  Her article talked about early immigrants to the
US.  With all that going on, it would have been challenging to keep to a
particular musical arrangement in place each time the dances were done.

Helen

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