Klezmer (Yiddish: קלעזמער or כּלי־זמר) is an instrumental musical tradition of the Ashkenazi Jews of Central and Eastern Europe. The essential elements...
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Klezmer-loshn (קלעזמער-לשון klezmer-loshn, Yiddish for Musician's Tongue) is an extinct derivative of the Yiddish language. It was a kind of argot, or...
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Barcelona, Spain. The band draws on many musical influences, including Klezmer music, Jazz Manouche, and Romani music. BGKO also explores the sounds of...
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The Cracow Klezmer Band was a Polish jazz quartet formed by accordionist and composer Jarosław Bester [Wikidata] in 1997 in the city of Kraków, and recorded...
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Klezmer is a 2015 Polish war-drama film written and directed by Piotr Chrzan. It was screened in the Venice Days section at the 72nd edition of the Venice...
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Amsterdam Klezmer Band, sometimes referred to as AKB, is a Dutch-Jewish musical group created in 1996 in Amsterdam. The band plays Yiddish and Klezmer music...
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The Klezmer Concerto is piece for solo clarinet, harp, strings and percussion by Israeli-American composer Ofer Ben-Amots. The piece was both written...
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Klezmer (Yiddish: כלזמיר, from Hebrew: k'li zemer כלי זמר, lit. "vessels of song", meaning "musical instruments" in Hebrew; in Yiddish, "klezmer" refers...
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This is a list of klezmer musicians: Michael Alpert József Balogh Gérard Barreaux Shloimke (Sam) Beckerman Sidney Beckerman Ofer Ben-Amots Alan Bern Geoff...
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The Klezmer Conservatory Band is a Boston-based group which performs traditional klezmer music; it was formed by Hankus Netsky of the New England Conservatory...
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had to play because of Klezmer's popularity there. Over time, Klezmer's audience expanded in Germany and the American Klezmer bands were able to adjust...
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developed a passion for the traditional musics of Eastern Europe, especially klezmer and gypsy styles, and travelled widely in the region, absorbing new sounds...
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was a Romanian-born American Klezmer accordionist and recording artist. He was one of the first musicians to record Klezmer music in the United States,...
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Airat Ichmouratov (category Klezmer musicians)
composer, conductor and klezmer clarinetist. He is a founding member and clarinetist of award-winning Montreal-based klezmer group Kleztory and invited...
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is called Hijaz-Nahawand or Hijaz maqam, and used in Hebrew prayers and Klezmer music, where it is known as Ahava Rabbah, Freygish or just the "Jewish...
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Kolsimcha – The World Quintet (category Klezmer groups)
Kolsimcha – The World Quintet is a Swiss klezmer band. The band was founded in 1986 under the name Kol Simcha in Switzerland as a duo with Josef Bollag...
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The Flying Bulgars (formerly the Flying Bulgar Klezmer Band) was a Toronto-based Canadian band, which played music rooted in the Jewish music of Eastern...
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band Girl group Heavy metal band Family band Jam band Jazz band Jug band Klezmer band Marching band Military band Orchestra Organ trio Rock band / pop band...
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ceremonies, and sing to the bride, groom and in-laws with the accompaniment of klezmer musicians. They also had a traditional role on holidays such as Hanukkah...
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Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass (album) (redirect from Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass: A Tribute to Bruno Schultz - The Cracow Klezmer Band Plays John Zorn)
Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass is an album by the Cracow Klezmer Band performing compositions written by John Zorn in tribute to the Polish...
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Orthodox singer-songwriter and rock guitarist. Described his music as "klezmer with electric guitar". Craig Taubman Conservative singer-songwriter, best...
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David Krakauer (musician) (redirect from Klezmer Madness!)
Krakauer (born September 22, 1956) is an American clarinetist who performs klezmer, jazz, classical music, and avant-garde improvisation. Krakauer's performance...
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of Aquitaine Adelaide of Aquitaine, wife of Hugh Capet. Commire, Anne; Klezmer, Deborah, eds. (2000). "Gerloc (d. 963)". Women in world history: a biographical...
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Musicians who play klezmer, a style of music originating with the Ashkenazi Jews of Central and Eastern Europe The Klezmorim, a klezmer band This disambiguation...
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collaborated on multiple occasions. In 2004 Turovsky invited Ichmouratov's klezmer band Kleztory to record CD with I Musici de Montreal chamber orchestra...
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Klezmer Quintet is a traditional klezmer band originally from the Washington, D.C. area. The group is also a neo-klezmer ensemble performing klezmer music...
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appendix 9, pedigree of Arthur Plantagenet, 1st Viscount Lisle Commire & Klezmer 1999, p. 529. Loades 1996, p. 48. Grummitt, David (2008), "Plantagenet...
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Sam Musiker (section Klezmer)
American clarinetist and saxophonist whose career spanned both jazz and klezmer music. He is best known as the musical director of the album Tanz (Columbia...
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primarily spent performing classical music, and has since expanded into jazz, klezmer, and other music genres. Kennedy's grandfather was Lauri Kennedy, principal...
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Elie Rosenblatt is a klezmer violinist known for his interpretation and recreation of early nineteenth century klezmer violin style. Hailing from Canada...
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