This entry is part of the Lexicon of Klezmer Terminology (LKT). The LKT…

This entry is part of the Lexicon of Klezmer Terminology (LKT). The LKT…

… opening season was to include  The Woman Cantor, The Broken Violin, Mozel Tov,  and  The Pintele Yid.  These plans were …

… Iraqi composer and violinist, Salah El Kuweiti was born to Iraqi parents … in Kuwait, and taken to Iraq when he was 17. He played violin, sang, composed, and achieved great musical fame in …  by Israel Radio in Arabic (1986) Salah al-Kuwaiti performs violin Taqsim : ‘Ala al-Kaman-Bayat Salah al-Kuwaiti and …

… included). “Khosid Dance. This tune is adapted from the violin playing of Csaba Okros [Transylvania]... The melody … This tune is also in the active repertorie of klezmer violinist Leon Schwartz of Queens, New York. Schwartz, a … moves slowly enough to invite embellishment by clarinet, violin, or flute to a greater degree than allowed by the …

חוקר המתמחה בתרבות המסורתית של דוברי יידיש. פרסומיו האחרונים ‒ שראו אור בכתבי עת מחקרי…

… choir of the local cantor Leizerke, as well as by studying violin with a local Klezmer and playing at Hassidic …

… Jascha Heifitz commissioned Castelnuovo-Tedesco to write a violin concerto. In response to rising anti-Semitism in …

… compositions are a string trio, three string quartets, two violin sonatas, five divertimenti for orchestra, a symphonic …

… p. 329, note 87). Surprisingly, the recording ends with the violin playing the first part of the Zionist song Hatikvah …