… (Musa) berlin is a clarinet player and one of the leading Klezmer musicians in Israel.  He was born in 1938 in Tel Aviv to a … then, it has been his main instrument.  Musa’s interest in Klezmer music started at a young age, with annual visits to …

… This entry is part of the   Lexicon of Klezmer Terminology  (LKT) . The LKT compiles a wide array … on the historical and contemporary state of knowledge about klezmer music. Each entry includes a number of citations from …

… life. Stutschewsky wrote about this genre in his book on klezmer: The Zoock was performed especially as a Gas-nigun … to dance. Its origin is in the Moldavian and Rumanian music. The Zoock has well entered the klezmer repertoire, and several of these genres even carry …

… This entry is part of the   Lexicon of Klezmer Terminology  (LKT) . The LKT compiles a wide array … on the historical and contemporary state of knowledge about klezmer music. Each entry includes a number of citations from …

…   Ph.D. Columbia University, (2006), Dissertation: 'The Most Musical Nation: Jews, Culture and Nationalism in the Late … (1996); Founding Director, Vice-academic co-chair, Jewish Music Forum of the American Society for Jewish Music (New … Jewish composers; music in Yiddish culture; history of klezmer music in Eastern Europe and the United States.   … …

… Don Lenzer Famed classical violinist Itzhak Perlman joins klezmer bands and musicians, such as The Klezmatics and The Klezmer Conservatory Band. The songs that are performed are …

… This entry is part of the  Lexicon of Klezmer Terminology  (LKT). The LKT compiles a wide array of … on the historical and contemporary state of knowledge about klezmer music. Each entry includes a number of citations from …

… This entry is part of the  Lexicon of Klezmer Terminology  (LKT). The LKT compiles a wide array of … on the historical and contemporary state of knowledge about klezmer music. Each entry includes a number of citations from …

… Pete Sokolow, a Brooklyn native, is a jazz and klezmer pianist and reed player whose klezmer roots in the Catskills span older and newer generations of Jewish musicians. Sokolow has played with many major figures in …

… The dynamic and multi-faceted music of the Epstein Brothers, stars of 'A Tickle in the … past 100 years. Max Epstein ranks as one of the greatest klezmer clarinetists of this century. Max and his brothers … to have been innovators in the fields of Yiddish, klezmer and Hasidic music: They brought their knowledge as …