Tag: Eastern Europe
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Naftule Brandwein and Joseph Roth: sketches of a lost Europe
This is the music of borders. Or the crossing of borders. The great klezmer clarinettist, Naftule Brandwein crossed the maritime border of the USA in April 1909 to join his brother Israel who was already living in New York. But his musical journey had begun much earlier – from birth in fact, as he was…