klezmer

Examples

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• We hired a klezmer group to entertain our guests during the wedding reception.

• Well, big Jew that I am, the kaplan fund has, uh, committed a sizable amount to them - for a klezmer commission.

  TÁR (2022)

• Rose's hearing aid shrieks as the band sings out its klezmer recessional.

  Fiction book (1994)

• "I've been going nuts listening to this stuff—the klezmer music from Hell."

  Fiction book (1997)

• Soon he is exploring salt beef sandwiches, klezmer music, Maimonidean musings on the effects of circumcision on sexual performance, and begins to date the founder of a new Jewish museum.

  Academic text (2010)

• These include but are not at all limited to Sephardic songs of medieval Spain and the klezmer music that revolutionized much popular music of early twentieth-century America and that is now enjoying a renaissance in conservatory as well as in yeshiva circles.

  Academic text (1990)

• Draws on Russian, Yiddish, Hebrew, Romanian, and other sources in a study of the social history and musical structure of Eastern European Jewish music; topics include how klezmer wedding music transforms elements of Ashkenazi liturgy.

  Academic text (2017)

• However, the fact is that far more of these young people are attracted to klezmer music—which doesn't require Yiddish comprehension to be enjoyed—than to the study of Yiddish itself.

  Academic text (2000)

• The klezmer band played vibrant tunes that got everyone dancing at the celebration.

• As the guests arrived, the sounds of lively klezmer music filled the air, creating a festive atmosphere.

Surface Forms

Etymology