Re: [Cz-L] Music

Czernowitz music now:

We spent the last part of this evening sitting
at an out-door cafe on the Herrengasse.
On the other side of the street, from the open door of a cafe,
came the sound of Russian Gypsy music, the kind of music
I remember from 1945.

You should see the Herrengasse now, lots of cafes, restaurants
and high fashion stores, everything lit and illuminated,
people strolling, enjoying the summer night

Earlier this evening, Christian read Selma Meerbaum's
and Paul Celan's poems to the volunteers.

Shavua tov,

Mimi

Quoting Alfred Schneider <asfred_at_comcast.net>:

> Hi Jonny,
>
> Glad you asked!
>
> First, we had our generation gap.
>
> My father would always listen to Radio Vienna programs (Wiener
> Philharmoniker under Felix Baumgartner, Operettas like Countess
> Maritza, Czardaszfuerstin, Fledermaus, etc., Operas, Voice and
> instrumental soloist like Joseph Schmidt, Richard Tauber, Fritz
> Kreisler, etc., and on rare occasions Yiddish broadcasts on
> short-wave stations from the USSR, the USA, and Poland).
> My preferences at that time were different: Light music (tangos,
> rumbas, valses, chansons, schlager, Neapolitan songs, Jazz, choral
> music - all from various countries, but mostly from Radio Bucharest).
> Also, Romanian national music (can be considered the progenitor of
> contemporary klezmer music) and Old Russian or Russian Gypsy music
> that was not broadcast from the USSR but came from several European
> countries.
> Incidentally, one of the most popular composer of Romanian tangos in
> the 1930s was Max Halm who hailed from Viznitz, Bukowina.
>
> Regards,
> Fred Schneider
>

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