Klarinet Archive - Posting 000216.txt from 1998/07

From: Fred Jacobowitz <fredj@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] Looking in from outside...
Date: Wed, 8 Jul 1998 23:00:59 -0400

KLEZMER

From the Hebrew words Kle and Zemer, meaning "instrument of song".
In Hebrew, the word means "musician".
In Yiddish (the language of the Eastern-European Jews) it means
the wedding (i.e. party and dance) music of the Ashkenazic Jews (as
opposed to the 'Sephardic' Jews who come from the Balkans, Spain, and the
Middle East). It can also mean the performer of this style of music (as
opposed to a classical musician, Jazzer, etc.)
It is almost exclusively dance music and is wholely instrumental
(although many bands perform concerts with vocalists who sing folk songs
and Yiddish Theater songs - but not the Klezmer tunes).

Fred Jacobowitz
Machaya Klezmer Band in the Washington DC/Baltimore area.

On Wed, 8 Jul 1998, Paulette W. Gulakowski wrote:

> Would someone please explain who, what, where, when, how or why is
> "Klezmer"?
> tyvm
> Paulette
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