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The overture communicates the drama of negotiations through the counterpoint of the clarinet with the other instruments, striking a klezmer motif that exits quickly when met with the aggressive staccato passages of the strings and piano.
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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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Michael Winograd's acoustic klezmer ensemble will perform music steeped in a swirl of Eastern European Jewish traditions that captures both exuberance and sadness.
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The festival, staffed by nearly 150 volunteers, will also feature live klezmer music, Jewish dancing and children’s games and activities.
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A combination of ragtime, Tin Pan Alley, blues, jazz, all blended with ethnic music and klezmer.
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Here Weinberg sometimes quotes himself, with a klezmer accent; other passages, like the work’s quietly arresting final moments, glimpse the abyss.
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This is how the cauliflower is served at Mishiguene, where every Friday night, a band lights up the dining room with klezmer, the Eastern European folk music passed down through generations, across oceans.
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Origin and Etymology of klezmer
Yiddish, from Hebrew kĕlēy zemer musical instruments
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