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Anybody know the name of the Sephardic Jew?
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From: "Emily Rose" <[log in to unmask]>
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> Dear Randy -
> There are Dutch names in Jamestown fairly early on and people like
> Gates and Dale had spent many years in the Netherlands, so musically they
> would know and appreciate Dutch traditions. I think you can safely include
> Dutch music from the beginning - but I don't think there were as many
> Dutch
> as American historians often assume. BTW from 1621 there was a Sephardic
> Jew
> and some Italian glassmakers, German/polish miners and Spanish renegades
> and a bunch of guys who coud do the Irish jig. There was also a servant
> born
> in Persia, Africans from Angola and don't forget John Smith spent years in
> Transylvania - I think musically you can have as much fun as you like :)
>
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