Jewish Songs - Traditionals 1911 - 1950

Klezmer is a traditional style of Jewish ensemble music with roots in Eastern Europe that features vocals and various instruments, especially the violin and the clarinet. It has had an big influence on American popular music.

Klezmer is dance music that is both happy and sad at the same time. A music that comes from the heart but which also moves the heart, which in spite of its refreshing drive, in spite of the infectious rhythms and catchy melodies, always illuminates the more tragic aspects of life.

This music has developed over centuries and contains many elements of Eastern Europe folk music. The slow "hora", the yearning "dojna", the passionate "bulgar" and the fast "sirba" all come together in a festive music that does justice to all of the emotions. Klezmer was originally played by travelling musicians who went from village to village. This music was - and still ist - to be heard first and foremost at weddings, festivities and religious holidays outside of the synagogue.

Alongside Yiddish literature there are a huge number of Yiddish folk songs - and each of these songs is a declaration of love for the language that survived the camps and ghettos.

Jewish Songs - Traditionals 1911 - 1950 - cd 1
Jewish Songs - Traditionals 1911 - 1950 - cd 2
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