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Thread #48905   Message #738862
Posted By: Jim Krause
28-Jun-02 - 11:04 AM
Thread Name: Help: Rel. of Bluegrass, Celtic, OldTimey, etc
Subject: RE: Help: Rel. of Bluegrass, Celtic, OldTimey, etc
Yeah, the E. Europe thing is a little problematic. Although our band did play Soldier's Joy in D minor on a couple of occasions. Sounded rather klezmerisch to me. The dancers thought it was pretty funny, too.
Jim

P. S.
WYS, there's a folklorist named Samuel P. Bayard who wrote a book called Dance to the Fiddle, March to the Fife: Instrumental Folk Tunes in Pennsylvania. You might wish to get a copy of it at a used bookstore. This guy has all kinds of research on instrumental folk music he collected in W. Pennsylvania. JK