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A Cantor on Trial
… Yiddish with English subt. Directed by Sidney M. Goldin Music by Sholem Secunda This short film festures Loui Leybele Waldmann playing three different parts: an old world Eastern European then a German … agent who offers them a third alternative: a modern an American Chazan, with 'pep and jazz,' who can do Kol Nidre …
The last Klezmer - Leopold Kozlowski: His Life and Music
… 85 min. Director and script: Yale Strom Yale Strom, active participant in the American klezmer revival, researched the life of Leopold Kozlowski, the last active klezmer musician in Poland. 'Meet the last klezmer to have grown up …
Klezmer on Fish Street (JIMF)
… to Krakow, Poland, you can stay in the former Jewish Quarter of Kazimiercz, at a Jewish inn. You will wake up to a … the eyes of “The Klezmaniacs” - a group of young, Jewish-American klezmer musicians - traveling to Poland on a self-initiated 'musical …
The Comedian Harmonists - Documentary
… Fechner The Comedian Harmonists was a men's vocal group started in Germany at the end of the 1920s by Harry … Frommerman, who dreamed of creating a German version of the American Revelers. His sextet, consisting of a bass, a baritone, two tenors, a piano player and one who imitated musical instruments, was a huge success. They appeared in …
The Multiple Voices of American Klezmer
… and radical transformation. Originally a European Jewish music, klezmer is now a staple of the world music scene. … largely been overlooked by practitioners and scholars. This article reinstates songs in the narrative of the klezmer … 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
… Click Here for Slide Show This entry is part of an online exhibit entitled: 'Hava Nagila: From … 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 Heart' and recipients of the prestigious 1998 National … for the Arts, represents an exciting journey into the American-Jewish musical and cultural experience of the past …
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', … Dave Tarras (1897-1989). A consummate master of the art of klezmer ornamentation, Joel Rubin is accompanied by …
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 Musiker, Mishka Tsiganoff, … MA … Rounder Select … … 1993 … Recordings … Klezmer musicians … Klezmer music … America … Klezmer … American … …
Judeo-Caribbean Currents
… Mikvé Israel-Emanuel in Curaçao. Its liturgical music is a reflection of the rich historical path followed … well as materials drawn from diverse Western European and American sources, attesting to the major impact that the … from Lewandowski. The following pieces are still very much part of the present day's repertoire: Barukh ha-ba no. 1 …