Rough Guides
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Klezmer is the Jewish folk music that coagulated in the Yiddish-speaking Jewish communities of Eastern Europe and spread to USA, and New York in parti
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cular, during the twentieth century. This musical tradition is focused around the clarinet and violin, and the tunes, however firey and virtuosic, often have a melancholy air. Including archival recordings, and tracks from some of the finest contemporary European and American klezmar bands, ROUGH GUIDE TO KLEZMAR offers an insight to this traditional music.
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