Klezmer Jewish Regional and Ethnic Styles

Klezmer

'Klezmer' is a Yiddish contraction of the Hebrew words 'kley' (instrument) and 'zemer' (song). Opposed to the respected 'musikant', 'klezmer' qualified an illiterate musician, unable to read notes and playing traditional music by ear. Nowadays, the term is rather laudatory for the musicians and qualifies also the traditional Jewish music of Eastern Europe, as well as all its modern derivatives.

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• - Klezmer from a German perspective.[English/German]
  
• - A compendium of articles, reviews, interviews, columns, and assorted other published and unpublished writings of local, regional and national interest by music and cultural critic/reporter Seth Rogovoy.
  
• - Transcription of a lecture given by Heiko Lehmann.
  
• - Several arrangements of Klezmer pieces, from the Cincinnati Klezmer project.
  
• - Collection of Yiddish folksongs with lyrics and sheet music.
  
• - International Anglo-Yiddish newsletter with international calendar of events, news of klezmer bands, Yiddish teachers, and Yiddish clubs and translators
  
• - With a review of Rogovoy's book The Essential Klezmer, and information on members of the group Metropolitan Klezmer.
  
• - Webring for sites about klezmer and klezmer bands.
  
• - Home page for an organization that's involved with Yiddish language and culture, especially through their Yiddish-language recordings and through KlezKamp, an annual Yiddish folk arts festival which they produce.
  
• - Ari Davidow's links to vendors and organizations of interest to klezmorim.
  
• - From one of the greatest current klezmer authorities, an article about the Klezmer revival.
  
• - Includes a complete guide of Klezmer music in general, the local scene, and also a presentation of Rojinkes mit Mandeln and Hotegezugt, bands directed by Michel Borzykowski.
  
  

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