Celebrate klezmer!
Comments (0) 4th Annual KULTUR FESTIVAL: A Celebration of Jewish Music and Arts
March 3—11, 2012
FAU Libraries, Boca Raton, FL
Can’t make it to South Florida?
You can join in the celebration of klezmer right here at the Judaica Sound Archives!
The word “klezmer” derives from two Hebrew words meaning instruments of music. The roots of klezmer can be traced back to 15th century Eastern Europe. Klezmer music incorporates Chassidic melodies, folk tunes, and Jewish celebration dances. However, most ethno-musicologists would tell you that what we refer to as “klezmer” in 21st century America bears very little resemblance to the musical compositions of 100 or 200 years ago. Today’s “klezmer” is like a kaleidoscopic musical mirror that captures sound bits from the Jewish experience and reflects them back in new and sometimes wildly improbable ways.
Steeped in traditional Jewish sounds and melodies, klezmer is no longer chained to the shtetl. Today’s klezmer can be heard on the internet in Jewish homes around the world. Today’s klezmer can absorb interesting new flavors as the Jewish world of music expands.
Today’s klezmer music wakes up our Jewish cultural memory and provokes us to dance, to celebrate, to be Jewish!
Early klezmorim played the violin and other stringed instruments. Around 1855 the clarinet began to gain prominence. In the USA, clarinetists Dave Tarras and Naftule Brandwein spear-headed a klezmer revolution during the 1920’s. Today klezmer music continues to evolve. It now includes everything from traditional renditions to mind-blowing fusions.
TheJudaica Sound Archives at Florida Atlantic University Libraries invites you to enjoy klezmer music from the past and the present.
Adrianne Greenbaum – FleytMuzik Klezmer music for flute
Effy Netzer and his band – Folk Dance in Israel Today
Harry Kandel- Kandel’s Orchestra (1917-1918) Vol. 1
The Original Klezmer jazz Band
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