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<p><i>From an email dated 1-7-2005. Used by permission.</i>
<p>I was interested in your comments about how Klezmer music was reinvigorated
in the 70's while polka music was not. Have you noticed the name of Eddie
Goldberg on so many of Sturr's recordings and very many other recordings . . .
going
way back? You may not get to see many old albums? Eddie plays the
piano and appeared all over and recorded with Sturr ( when the band <i>was</i> a polka
band), Bobby Stavins and countless other bands. Eddie is now doing
Klezmer music. I have seen him twice recently (in NJ) and enjoy
Klezmer (thanks to that Yitzhak Pearlman album) very much -- although I am not
Jewish. I think of Michener's book <i>Poland</i>. He wrote about
Jewish bands playing music for the Polish people at weddings, etc., long before
WW2. Although you say Eastern Style (the best) was a turning away
from the country style Polish music, I wonder if there is some connection
between the Jewish bands performing for Poles in the old country and then the
Eastern Style Polka Bands recalling the Klezmer style and mixing it with the
polka. In fact Eddie Goldberg includes the Blondie Polka, by Walter
Solek, in his performances and says it is a "Klezmer- friendly polka." Many
artists such as Bernie Witkowski included some sultry songs in their appearances
and usually us dancers went wild. No one questioned where the
melodies came from but maybe they were "borrowed" from Klezmer.
<p>Just wondering,<br>
Matt Dziedzic
<p>[Note from Nos: I had wondered about the same thing. But as far as I can tell
from <a href="polka_page.htm">Victor Greene's book</a>, klezmer musicians were
more likely to cross-pollinate with Russian, Rumanian, Gypsy or Ukrainian
musicians than with the ethnic groups most associated with polka music.]<p>[Note
that <a href="http://music.ucsd.edu/~dborgo/research/cbpk.htm">David Borgo's
fascinating article about ethnic music</a> refers to klezmorim playing polkas.
Also, I see that <a href="http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/music/artist/bio/0,,582723,00.html">Abe
Schwartz</a>, under the name "Orkiestra Wiejska," recorded Polish
songs.]<!--mstheme--></font><!--msnavigation--></td></tr><!--msnavigation--></table></body>
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