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The Klezmorim, founded in Berkeley, California, in 1975, was the world's first klezmer revival band, widely credited with spearheading the global renaissance of klezmer (Eastern European Yiddish instrumental music) in the 1970s and 1980s.
Il Klezmer (Yiddish: כליזמר o קלעזמער [klezmer], pl.: כליזמרים [klezmorim] - strumenti di musica) è un genere musicale tradizionale degli ebrei aschenaziti dell'Est Europa. Il genere, suonato dai klezmorim, era composto prevalentemente da musiche che accompagnavano balli e rappresentazioni per matrimoni ed altre ...
Klezmer music, genre of music derived from and built upon eastern European music in the Jewish tradition. The common usage of the term developed about 1980; historically, a klezmer (plural: klezmorim or klezmers) was a male professional instrumental musician, usually Jewish, who played in a band.
Co-founder/saxman Lev Liberman tells the inside story of The Klezmorim from then 'til now — Grammy nominees, Carnegie Hall headliners, European popstars — and their brass-kicking, steam-powered, vodka-soaked Old World jazz... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Klezmer ( Yiddish: קלעזמער or כּלי־זמר) is an instrumental musical tradition of the Ashkenazi Jews of Central and Eastern Europe. [1] . The essential elements of the tradition include dance tunes, ritual melodies, and virtuosic improvisations played for listening; these would have been played at weddings and other social functions.
Klezmorim, formed by saxophonist Lev Liberman and violinist David Skuse in Berkeley, California, in 1974, sought to bring klezmer music back to life. The 1976–78 recordings presented here chronicle the start of the klezmer revival. This 1989 reissue contains the first recordings by Klezmorim for Arhoolie Records.
17 nov 2016 · Klezmer: Music, History and Memory is the first comprehensive study of the music created by the Jewish musicians’ guild of Eastern Europe—the klezmorim. Klezmer music was the unique example of an instrumental repertoire and performance style created by Jews.
