for crying out > loud Josh, when Hanslick (HANSLICK!) says that, at the > time, half of Europe was in a furor over Guzikow, > doncha think he was doing something right?
The issue I was addressing was the extent to which Guzikov's repertoire has influenced klezmer music, past and present, not the quality of his playing or his impact on the 19th Century musical landscape. No doubt he swept Europe like a storm, impressed nobility, intelligentsia and musical elite. But did he achieve it through renditions of Klezmer melodies? Apparently not. > The first xylophone came into being in 1866, long > before your Seelische percussionist. If you are talking about the first time the instrument's etymology changed from "Wood and Straw Instrument" to the modern term, "Xylophone" that is a fascinating bit of information. Or whether its layout changed from vertical to horizontal. Did it enter another orchestra in Paris before the Gewandhaus orchestra? The instrument used by Seele was still the Guzikovian construction (vertically situated wood slabs laid out flat on a bed of 5 straw bundles, similar but not identical to a Glockenspiel laid on a table)
