Example Sentences
Susan Dunne, Hartford Courant, 11 July 2022
The clarinet part, played with amazing panache and suavity by FWSO principal Stanislav Chernyshev, had a freewheeling character somewhere between sultry jazz and Eastern European klezmer.
—Dallas News, 26 Mar. 2022
Lawrence Family Jewish Family Center: ‘LIGHT’ LITVAKdance artistic director Sadie Weinberg and klezmer-music ace Yale Strom create a new kind of winter event.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Dec. 2022
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Word History
Yiddish, from Hebrew kĕlēy zemer musical instruments
1908, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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“Klezmer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/klezmer. Accessed 2 Jun. 2023.
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