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Moods associated with Jewish culture and literature embroidered both the music and the choreography: the music evoked klezmer raucousness and piercing melancholy by turns, and the dancing alternated between ritualized and folk-dance exuberance.
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Origin and Etymology of klezmer
Yiddish, from Hebrew kĕlēy zemer musical instruments
First Known Use: 1908
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