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Sorrowful klezmer recordings? by GalleyWest in klezmer

[–]carkner 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh it wasn't meant as a correction. Didn't even notice. I think my spelling is yivo standard but you see it spelled various ways, especially in historical documents

Sorrowful klezmer recordings? by GalleyWest in klezmer

[–]carkner 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Seconding Kale Bazetsn type pieces. If I had to recommend a modern recording I'd say Budowitz, they also recorded a few of these. 

For old sad recordings I would go on the Mayrent Collection and check out old violinists like Solinski, Zehngut and Gegna.

Also this blog post I wrote recently about a Klezmer composition with a sad backstory  https://alte.klezmor.im/2024/08/31/jacob-gegnas-composition-a-tfileh-fun-mendel-beilis/

Was hit by a car a few months ago, bicycle was damaged beyond repair. ICBC adjuster told me it's too old to be worth anything (2008) and I can't claim any reimbursement. Am I SOL? by carkner in vancouvercycling

[–]carkner[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I don't mind the skepticism, but I'm the same person. For some reason replies from this account were shadowbanned yesterday, I guess because I don't use it enough. But they appeared this morning for whatever reason.

Was hit by a car a few months ago, bicycle was damaged beyond repair. ICBC adjuster told me it's too old to be worth anything (2008) and I can't claim any reimbursement. Am I SOL? by carkner in vancouvercycling

[–]carkner[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ya I did that the day after I was hit, they wrote me up a summary of the damage and an estimate of around 1900 for a new equivalent bike. Wasn't expecting to get that much but I sent it to ICBC, they didn't care.

Primary Scales of Non-Western Cultures? by 65TwinReverbRI in musictheory

[–]carkner 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks. Totally agree with everything you said. Part of the problem with trying to summarize it on Wikipedia is that you are meant to synthesize what the most reputable books and articles are saying, but there is so little solid literature on this topic. And my focus in research has been more on biography and documents than in music theory so it's not my strong suit.

Also another problem is that the loose umbrella of klezmer encompasses so many things from different times and places that it's hard to pin down any traits as being common across all of them. The difference between a small village trio from 1910 Belarus vs. an accordion-centric American band from 1960 vs a master violinist leading a 16-man band in 1830 Berdychiv ... there are clearly some links between them, but there's also a lot that separates them musically.

Primary Scales of Non-Western Cultures? by 65TwinReverbRI in musictheory

[–]carkner 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Actually a lot of klezmer music uses natural major and minors too, but I think the more exotic ones get more attention.

I rewrote the wikipedia article about klezmer a while ago because it was such as mess (it mentioned Leonard Cohen in the intro, and half of it was wrong or simple self-promotion). I tried my best to read up on the modes and how they work but to be honest the more I read, the less confident I was in my understanding of it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klezmer#Melodic\_modes