As on of the drummers and percussionist on the list the answer would be
talk about modern drums come out of the Ottoman Empire. The best way to do
research on any percussion related topic is start by going through the
archives of the Percussion Arts Society. (www.pas.org) You do have to be
Hello,
There is a book called The Klezmer Tradition in the Land of Israel with
transcriptions and commentaries by Yaakov Mazor published by the Jewish
Music Research Centre, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 2000.
Much of the book seems to focus on Niggunim, but other topics are covered
as
Hello, all!
I received this question from a young (16-year-old) klezmer drummer. I would be curious as to how you (plural--"you-all") would direct him.
As I understand, he is trying to figure out if he can do a presentation on klezmer when the topic is Middle Eastern music. The first thing that
Sorry to indulge in some reflections that aren't well thought out...
There are many theories about where some klezmer tunes (especially in the freygish/ahava raba/hijaz/middle eastern sounding mode) derived from. But need to remember that the repertoire is a moving target depending on preferences
