00:00–01:05
Opening small talk about the weather and sun. The informant mentions friends who come later from the synagogue (?) or from work, or are on a few days of leave. Kerler picks up the word for 'leave' in passing.
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AHEYM-2012-204 · Grunfeld, Evgen
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Summary
Audio track of a session in Kloyzenburg (Cluj) on 2012-06-06 with the interviewee Grunfeld, as the index gives it. It opens with small talk, then Kerler asks about the composer Maxer Zikavits (?), who is said to have collected Yiddish folk songs, and about the opera in the city. The informant goes on to the rabbi Moshe Karmili and Jewish studies at the university, and the recording ends with talk of a sick grandchild, coffee and water.
Stretches
01:05–04:38
Kerler asks what the informant knows about the composer Maxer Zikavits (?), who is said to have collected Yiddish folk songs. The informant says he was a known composer in Cluj, wrote melodies, and worked at the Hungarian opera, possibly as its director. They discuss the two opera houses, Romanian and Hungarian, and where the Hungarian one is, near a park. A Hungarian opera director named Tampa Gabor (?) is mentioned. The dates given are unclear.
04:38–07:59
Kerler asks about Jewish studies at the university. The informant describes Moshe Karmili, a Neolog rabbi of Cluj who lived to about a hundred and was a friend of the university rector. She mentions the Judaic institute and yearly conferences with professors from Israel, England, America and elsewhere, held after the holidays until a few years ago.
07:59–10:15
The informant speaks of a grandchild who is ill and a family member on leave. Kerler asks about the grandchild's computer. Coffee is mentioned, and Kerler asks for plain water. The informant speaks some Hungarian, and the transcript is unclear.