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Klezmer on Fish Street (JIMF)
… will end your day with a kosher-style dinner, followed by a klezmer concert, will you have met a Polish Jew? Is the … the eyes of “The Klezmaniacs” - a group of young, Jewish-American klezmer musicians - traveling to Poland on a self-initiated 'musical …
The Multiple Voices of American Klezmer
… Since the 1970s, klezmer has undergone a revival and radical transformation. Originally a European Jewish music, klezmer is now a staple of the world music scene. … through which to consider contemporary klezmer as both an American Jewish heritage music and a world music genre. … 3 …
Hava Nagila--Come Let Us Be Joyous
… forces with pianist and composer Sam Medoff, and famous klezmer clarinetist Dave Tarras to produce the weekly WHN … They performed a repertoire that fused traditional klezmer music, jazz, Yiddish and popular American songs. Although the first known recording of the …
The Epstein Brothers Orchestra: Kings of Freylekh Land
… The dynamic and multi-faceted music of the Epstein Brothers, stars of 'A Tickle in the … for the Arts, represents an exciting journey into the American-Jewish musical and cultural experience of the past 100 years. Max Epstein ranks as one of the greatest klezmer clarinetists of this century. Max and his brothers …
Joel Rubin with the Epstein Brothers Orchestra: Zeydes un Eyniklekh
… Zeydes un Eyniklekh brings together several generations of American klezmer musicians in a musical tribute to the 'King of Klezmer', …
Klezmer Pioneers: European & American Recordings, 1905-1952
… This album features remastered recordings from American and European Klezmer greats such as Art Shryer, Abe Elenkring, Sam … MA … Rounder Select … … 1993 … Recordings … Klezmer musicians … Klezmer music … America … Klezmer … American … …
Contemporary American Jewish Music
… Contemporary American Jewish Music Chair: Ruth HaCohen Joel E. Rubin, Department of … in this time”: Shifting aesthetics in the contemporary klezmer landscape As the movement formerly known as the …
Society for Jewish Folk Music
… on the eve of the Russian Orthodox Easter, two Russian musicians met in an encounter that was to have impacts on … of Jewish folk and liturgical music – the music of the “klezmer” – with the rich harmonies of the late Russian … Society preserved. Their influence is also felt in American jazz, with Jewish jazz musicians like Benny …
Hora
… with triple meter, and the second with duple. Hora as a Klezmer Genre The Jewish Klezmers adopted both kinds of … r Moshe (Musa) Berlin (b. 1937), who took his tunes from musical scores and records published in the U.S., used the … Niggunim- Nos. 61-78, and Juck Niggunim- Nos. 241-6. In the American repertoire, the term Juck was used as a title of a …
A Bookshelf On Top of the Sky: 12 Stories about John Zorn
… Directed by Claudia Heuermann. John Zorn is a Jewish American composer who has been active in the New York music scene since the mid 1970s. During that period, Zorn's … jazz and different Jewish musical traditions such as Klezmer and Sephardic music. Zorn creates here what he calls …