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| | Klezmer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Klezmer (Yiddish כלזמיר, etymologically from Hebrew k'li zemer כלי זמר, "vessel of song") is a musical tradition which parallels Hasidic and Ashkenazic Judaism. | | | Klezmorim based their secular instrumental music upon the devotional vocal music of the synagogue, in particular cantorial music. | | | Other klezmer bands look back to different eras or regions, and attempt to recreate specific styles of klezmer--for example, the band Muzsikas has released albums in the 19th-century Rumanian klezmer style, with only violins, tsimbls and other stringed instruments, giving even the happier passages a more haunting feel. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klezmer
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| | Klezmer History |
| | Klezmer, as a description of a musical genre, is of recent coinage. | | | In the 19th Century, the primary klezmer instruments were violin, cymbalom,and bass. | | | Klezmer took on some of the style of the music of surrounding cultures in |
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http://www.klezx.com/klezmer_history.htm
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| | About the Klezmer Revival |
| | Kevin Linscott of the Klezmorim on the origins of Klezmer music from Lark in the Morning. | | | Sometimes, as in the case with the Original Klezmer Jazz Band or the Jerusalem Jazz Band you have Jewish melodies applied to jazz, or jazz applied to Jewish ideas. | | | Klezmer bands are entertainers--at a simkha they play everything the celebrants want to hear, from rock 'n' roll to jazz to Israeli to the shmalzy old stuff. |
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http://www.well.com/user/ari/klez/articles/aboutklez.html
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| | Klezmer |
| | Klezmer, like folk and classical music, is "based on rigorous, highly stylized forms, with regular rules regarding tempo, meter, and mode, or where the notes fall in a particular scale. | | | By the mid-1990s, klezmer was combined with everything from jazz to ska to punk rock. | | | Among the many other valuable features of the book, there is information on the instrumentation (violin or fidi, tsimbi, clarinet, trumpets, trombones, accordion), the klezmer repertoire, the different musicians and klezmer bands, a glossary and essential recordings. |
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http://www.cosmopolis.ch/english/cosmo14/klezmer.htm
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| | Klesmer Music History |
| | Klezmer Music is a style of music that is inherently Jewish in nature. | | | In some ways Klezmer music was like the music of Jazz combos in that it grew out of improvisation, ingenious harmonizations and solo innovations. | | | The word Klezmer comes from two Hebrew words, clay and zimmer, meaning vessel of music or song. |
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http://www.hesterstreettroupe.com/klesmer.html
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| | Klezmer on RootsWorld |
| | Klezmer has been referred to as folk music, as theater music, as Jewish jazz. | | | Brandwein is the godfather of klezmer, and he along with Dave Tarras made it (alongside the blues) into one of the most influential musical styles of music in America. | | | These 25 pieces are taken from old 78s recorded between 1922 and 1944, and exhibit both the vitality of jewish life and the exuberance of American urban music in the early part of this century. |
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http://www.rootsworld.com/rw/feature/klezmer.html
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| | Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly . FEATURE . Klezmer Music . May 18, 2001 PBS |
| | Klezmer is played in a distinctive melodic mode that sounds happy and sad at the same time. | | | ROGOVOY: While today's klezmer is sometimes combined with influences from jazz, rock, and world-beat music, it is still characterized by the sound of the wailing clarinets and violins. | | | JUDAISM: "Overview of Klezmer Music and its Development in the U.S." |
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http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/week438/feature.html
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| | The Milken Archive of American Jewish Music |
| | The instrumentation—a contemporary incarnation of a klezmer band—features clarinets, saxophones, brass, a battery of percussion, piano and strings. | | | The clarinet was one of the chief virtuoso solo instruments in many klezmer bands, but its virtual hegemony as the solo instrument most frequently identified with the typical timbres, flourishes and special effects of the klezmer style is probably more of a phenomenon of the American immigrant experience. | | | The post-1960s term "klezmer music" refers more specifically to the musical styles of 19th-century klezmorim whose recent rediscovery has attracted a wide audience. |
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http://www.milkenarchive.org/cds/cddetail.taf?cdid=2
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| | Klezmer Conservatory Band |
| | Both an arranger and composer, he specializes in klezmer and jazz music for concert bands and other ensembles. | | | He is the founder and director of the Klezmer Conservatory Band, an internationally renowned Yiddish music ensemble, and serves as research director of the Klezmer Conservatory Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to research in and perpetuation of Yiddish music. | | | He joined the Klezmer Conservatory Band at its inception, and as a member of the band has performed and recorded with Itzhak Perlman and Joel Grey. |
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http://www.klezmerconservatory.com/bio.htm
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| | Hire A Klezmer Band, Klezmer Music, Live Klezmer Bands |
| | Klezmer bands are most commmonly comprised of multiple combinations including the clarinet, violin or fiddle, accordion, mandolin, tuba, upright bass, and harp. | | | The klezmer band creates music that speaks to you. | | | Unlike rock or pop music, klezmer music is made for dancing while holding hands or dancing with a partner. |
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http://www.gigmasters.com/Klezmer/Klezmer.asp
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| | Klezmer Kashes |
| | This happens a lot in early klezmer music, say, when the melody is noodling around in F minor sharp 4 (dorian with the raised 4th degree) over a d-minor chord; or the A major chord in a d minor tune which is played over a cadence which has g, c and eb in the melody. | | | The flute was probably most popular in klezmer music in the 1830s, before the clarinet enters the scene in the second half of the 19th century. | | | If you hear that Yiddish is "jargon" and Klezmer music was a poor music which we should not be proud of, or that shtetl life is not worth going into if you don't have to, find out your common ground, but don't let the attitudes depress you. |
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http://www.budowitz.com/pages/AskDrKlez.html
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| | KLEZMER : MusicWeb Encyclopaedia of Popular Music |
| | Klezmer Conservatory Band (albums on Rounder and Vanguard incl. | | | Classical violinist Itzhak Perlman 'gets down' and plays klezmer; avant-garde clarinettist Don Byron's albums on Elektra incl. | | | Plays The Music Of Mickey Katz '93, a tribute to the late bandleader, whose own recordings are reissued on Simcha Time! |
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http://www.musicweb-international.com/encyclopaedia/k/K73.HTM
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| | The Wholesale Klezmer Band |
| | The Wholesale Klezmer Band consists of Yosl (Joe) Kurland, (vocals and fiddle), Sherry Mayrent (clarinet), Owen Davidson (accordion, banjo, guitar), Michael Suter (bass viol), Brian Bender (trombone), Richie Davis (percussion), Peggy Davis (flute and vocals) and David Tasgal (violin, clarinet, bass). | | | The Wholesale Klezmer Band has, since 1982, performed both in the traditional context of providing music and dance leadership for Jewish weddings and other simkhes, on the concert stage, and at school and college educational programs. | | | Aside from being an avid student of traditional klezmer recordings, Sherry enjoys listening to and exploring Greek, Native American, and Hawaiian music. |
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http://users.crocker.com/~ganeydn/wkb.html
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| | Oy Klezmer ! |
| | Oy Klezmer!'s core ensemble for concerts is a quintet, comprised of clarinet, violin, accordion, tuba/bass and drums. | | | One of the hottest trends in international music today is the revival of Klezmer, which features the soulful and exhilarating melodies of Eastern Europe. | | | The PBS broadcasts show the effect of this music's vitality on people of all ages, which prompts Oy Klezmer! |
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http://ksuweb.kennesaw.edu/~lsherr/oyklezmer
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| | Jewish Music in Romania |
| | Klezmer music has always been evolving, but in it’s original context it was a dance music for weddings. | | | Bruh, a classically trained klezmer fiddler from the Carpatho-Ukraine, used an exquisite sense of tone and pathos to render beautiful arrangements of Jewish music in the late 1940s. | | | BIG IMPORTANT RULE OF THE MONTH: Klezmer is not just a "klezmer melody". |
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http://www.dinayekapelye.com/jmgeezer.htm
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| | Klezmer Music |
| | he evocative sound of klezmer music is achieved through the use of the 1st, 4th and 5th modes of the harmonic minor scale. | | | While the world of klezmer music is vast, there are several important features common to much of that joyous music. | | | he 5th mode of the harmonic minor is also very important in klezmer music. |
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http://www.nuc.berkeley.edu/students/scott/musproj/klez.html
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| | Klezmer Ring |
| | The Klezmer Ring wants to connect all people who are interested in or are even practising this wonderful music which originated in East-European Jewish culture and is now being performed and listened to all over the world. | | | Hallmarks of classical Klezmer and Chasidic music emanate a unique freilach sound that is unmatched. | | | This page is meant to be a forum for all those interesting in Klezmer music, either as a musician or as a listener. |
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http://a.webring.com/hub?ring=klezmer
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| | The Strauss/Warschauer Klezmer Duo |
| | They are members of the Klezmer Conservatory Band and have performed with violinist Itzhak Perlman on film and in concert. | | | They draw from klezmer, Yiddish, Hasidic and liturgical music and culture, adding their own original compositions and song settings. | | | Deborah Strauss (violin, accordion, vocals, dance) is an internationally acclaimed klezmer violinist. |
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http://www.goldenland.com/strauss_warschauer.htm
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| | OR-TAV - Klezmer Music |
| | The KLEZMER TUNES are now available in an arrangement for violin or clarinet solo and string orchestra. | | | 18 Klezmer tunes for clarinet or violin and piano | | | Both klezmer and classical musicians will find themselves at home with this music. |
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http://www.ortav.com/Publications/KLezmer.htm
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| | Amazon.com: Art of Klezmer Clarinet: Music |
| | She is clearly aware of the way Klezmer musicians arrange and perform the music and she is especially in touch with the old Eastern European approaches to the music. | | | She begins the album with a slow free-rhythmic doina. | | | Her playing and the arrangements on the CD show a careful and studied analysis of the practice of the earliest known Klezmer recordings. |
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http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00003W8BP?v=glance
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| | American Klezmer |
| | One is the long-held belief that practitioners of klezmer were quaint but musical illiterates. | | | Although it had declined in popularity by the middle of the twentieth century, this lively music is now enjoying recognition among music fans of all stripes. | | | Klezmer is not just an avenue of maintaining cultural roots without the necessity of learning a language, as portions of this this book so well illustrate."--Theodore Bikel, recording artist and actor |
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http://www.ucpress.edu/books/pages/8907.html
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| | The Maxwell Street Klezmer Band: Press Kit |
| | With a lively mix of Yiddish show tunes and straight-forward Klezmer, the band shows that it is on a level with Boston’s own Klezmer Conservatory Band as impeccably wonderful purveyors of traditional Jewish tunes. | | | The band (5-10 players) demonstrates what a klezmer band is, while introducing children to the instruments through rhythm and participation songs, with a view toward the uniqueness of the children’s own ethnic heritage. | | | Today, dozens of professional klezmer bands and many more amateur klezmer music enthusiasts are part of this revival, playing all styles, from the plaintive strains of traditional Eastern European folklore to avant-garde jazz and rock improvisations on klezmer themes. |
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http://www.klezmerband.com/PK
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| | A Klez Act - Klezmer, Contra and Square Dance |
| | Klezmer music is a musical tradition which dates back several centuries in Eastern and Central Europe. | | | He has combined his knowledge of Klezmer dance, which he learned as a teenager and at Klezmer music conventions, with skills developed as a leader of traditional New England dance. | | | Available on this site are descriptions of some of the Contra dances and Morris dances written by Jacob Bloom, a description of a Klezmer dance that Jacob collected in 1968, songs Jacob has written, a script for a Mummer's Play, as well as descriptions of the programs Jacob performs. |
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http://www.gis.net/~bloom
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| | the KlezmerShack |
| | Good klezmer, and the music inspired by it, demands that one dance. | | | Knowing Sam, if he's written the liner notes, the CD is very much worth listening to. | | | If you want to be listed here, or to get advice on putting together your own web page or CD, read this short "how-to" page. |
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http://www.klezmershack.com
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| | Columbia Klezmer Band Homepage |
| | The Columbia Klezmer Band, founded in 2000, is a group of talented Columbia, Barnard, and JTS students from a variety of musical backgrounds. | | | Klezmer, the music we play, is the Jewish folk/dance music whose roots lie in old Eastern Europe. | | | Jeff Warschauer, one of the foremost exponents of the Klezmer mandolin who has played and taught throughtout the United States, in Europe, Australia, and New Zealand. |
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http://columbia.klezmer.org
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| | JMWC Festivals: New Events by Date |
| | Septuagenarian klezmer legend Elaine Hoffman Watts (percussion) and her daughter Susan (trumpet) are the 3rd and 4th generations of a musical dynasty that goes back to 19th century Ukraine. | | | KlezFest — a structured course in Klezmer music song and dance. | | | There will be three bands, Maxwell Street Klezmer Band, Golem and Soulfarm performing during a three hour show. |
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http://www.jmwc.org/jmwc_festivals.html
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| | The Maxwell Street Klezmer Band |
| | Traditionally played at weddings and other celebrations, klezmer music has now become part of the performance arts repertoire and includes songs of the Yiddish theater in addition to folk music. | | | Because of this, a klezmer concert is a true variety show. | | | And don't hesitate to contact us with any questions you may have--about Klezmer music or your private party. |
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http://www.klezmerband.com
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| | Hollywood Klezmer |
| | The group is available as a trio (guitar, double bass, and either clarinet or flute or violin), as a quartet (with the addition of drums or percussion), as a quintet (with the addition of another melodic instrument), and with a vocalist. | | | The spectacular HOLLYWOOD KLEZMER performs traditional Eastern European and American klezmer music with a unique fusion of Yiddish, World Music, Jazz, Swing, and Classical sounds. | | | In March, 1999, Hollywood Klezmer gave the United States premiere performance of Sid Robinovitch's "Suite for Klezmer Band and Orchestra" with the Los Angeles Jewish Symphony. |
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http://www.hollywoodklezmer.com
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| | The Kol Haruach Klezmer Band Website |
| | The members of the Kol Haruach Klezmer Band also play together as a band called Just Jazz. | | | Not your typical Klezmer band, Kol Haruach is known for its "Klezmer Jazz" style. | | | Kol Haruach is proud to annouce that Estelle Deutsch Abraham, host of Jewish Community Radio, and music reviewer for The Washington Jewish Week was a sponsor of our Klezmer Cafe. |
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http://kolharuach.com
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| | Amazon.com: Fiddler on the Move : Exploring the Klezmer World Book & CD (American Musicspheres): Books |
| | klezmer community, slow hora, klezmer city, way klezmer, musical magnetism, klezmer albums, klezmer repertoire, klezmer world, klezmer movement, modern klezmer, klezmer scene, traditional transnational, klezmer tradition, heritage musics, klezmer musicians, core repertoire, klezmer bands, other heritage, catering hall | | | Fiddler on the Move places klezmer music squarely within American music studies, cultural studies, and ethnomusicology. | | | SIPs: klezmer community, slow hora, klezmer city, way klezmer, musical magnetism (more) |
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http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0195161807?v=glance
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| | hotkugelklezmerband.com - klezmer band jewish music, jewish, kugel, mitzvah, band |
| | With our talented musicians you can dance to joyous klezmer dances and poignant Yiddish melodies reminiscent of Jewish life in the shtetls and the cities of Europe. | | | Klezmerika Eklectika - Nostalgic American and Klezmer Classics, Wonderful Jazz and Klezmer. | | | hotkugelklezmerband.com - klezmer band jewish music, jewish, kugel, mitzvah, band |
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http://www.hotkugelklezmerband.com
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| | Yakov's Klezmer - Klingon Klezmer/"Honey Would You Be Meshuga Tonite?" |
| | The selections for the original songs (on which the crazy stuff is built) are very interesting too; there's some good yiddishe theatre music included alongside the traditional stuff. | | | I have found this CD to be very well-recieved among most people I've played it for. | | | There are influences from all kinds of new-wave, middle eastern, dixieland (track 2, "A Nice Jewish Wedding In New Orleans," is most people's favorite -- it plays the same theme in dixieland klezmer and then in klezmer dixieland), reggae, funk, and hard rock, often mixed into the same song! |
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http://www.geocities.com/pdestructo/klezmer/klingonklezmer.htm
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| | Sheet Music Plus - Klassic Klezmer |
| | 18 Klezmer melodies transcribed from the popular album of the same name that capture the feel of the classic Klezmer repertoire. | | | Maxwell Street Klezmer Band: Joy of Klez (Clarinet / Saxophone / Trumpet) For clarinet, trumpet and alto... |
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http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/a/item.html?item=2920462&id=79590
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| | Westchester Klezmer Program - Home Page |
| | The Westchester Klezmer Program will now boast a total of five bands. | | | Scholarship recipients (including Westchester Klezmer Program musicians) KlezKanada 2005. | | | The Jewish Week describes the Westchester Klezmer Program as a "thriving local klezmer group [that] brings Jews of all ages back to their musical roots." Published in its September 29, 2005 edition, you can read it in its entirety by |
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http://www.klezkidz.org
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| | Sheet Music Plus - Easy Klezmer |
| | This is a great beginning book for any fan of Klezmer music. | | | From the world famous repertoire of clarinet Maestro Giora Feidman, 16 easy Klezmer duets for two instruments. | | | Klezmer Collection for Bb Instruments By Stacy Phillips... |
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http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/a/item.html?item=2918533&id=79590
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| | Los Lantzmun |
| | Our performances provide an overview of Jewish culture and history, moving seamlessly from joyous Klezmer tunes to haunting Spanish ballads to rhythmic Israeli and Yemenite melodies. |
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http://www.loslantzmun.com
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| | Steel City Klezmorim |
| | The word Klezmer comes from two Hebrew words. |
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http://www.henryshapiro.com/klezmer.htm
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