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1 day ago · Klezmer, from Yiddish meaning "vessel of song, or musical instrument", is the traditional folk music which emanated from the Ashkenazi Jewish people of the shtetls of Central and Eastern Europe. It began in the Middle Ages as a form of dance music at weddings.
5 days ago · What is Klezmer? The root comes from the Hebrew klai meaning vessel and zemer meaning song! In reality, a Cantor is a Klezmer: someone who is a vessel of song to G-d.
5 days ago · The klezmer music legend had convened an all-star lineup of Jewish musicians at a synagogue in suburban New York City on Wednesday night, and the group was preparing to tackle an intimidating...
5 days ago · New York klezmer legend Frank London is gearing up to fight for his life. But first, one more show.
1 day ago · The term "Yiddish" is also used in the adjectival sense, synonymously with "Ashkenazi Jewish", to designate attributes of Yiddishkeit ("Ashkenazi culture"; for example, Yiddish cooking and "Yiddish music" – klezmer).
5 days ago · We are also enjoying the increasingly active collaboration of Oleksandr Sora, Ukrainian classical violinist and virtuoso of Eastern European music. No longer with us is the clarinetist, Robindro Nikolic , co-founder of the old Barcelona Gipsy Klezmer Orchestra.
2 days ago · The word swastika comes from Sanskrit: स्वस्तिक, romanized: svastika, meaning 'conducive to well-being'.
