The Large Shared Repertory of Greek and
Klezmer / Yiddish Vernacular Musics
posted 21 May 2005
Wednesday 22 June 2005 6.00pm
We are privileged to co-host this lecture by Prof. Martin Schwartz of the University of California Martin Schwartz has been a seminal figure both in the international revival of klezmer music and in North American interest in rebetika. We are delighted to have enticed him to this side of the Atlantic to give this lecture.
Professor Schwartz is a long-standing collector of Greek, Turkish and traditional klezmer music. In this fascinating talk he will examine the common musical heritage to be found in Greek music and klezmer music. He will introduce musical examples from early/archival recordings of rebetika and demotika, and klezmer instrumentals and Yiddish vocal music, arranged into various categories and discussed in a historical context.
Read
an article about Prof. Schwartz
Admission is free.
Open to all interested parties. A collection will be taken.
Khalili Lecture Theatre, SOAS
Thornhaugh Street
London WC1H 0XG
All places should be reserved in advance.
Please e-mail jewishmusic [at] jmi.org.uk or ed.emery [at] britishlibrary.net.
This talk is presented jointly by the Institute of Rebetology [London]
as part of theRebetiko Summer School (SOAS, 22-25 June 2005) and the
Jewish Music Institute SOAS as a
precursor of JMI KlezFest
London taking place from 10 - 15 July 2005.
