klezmer

Noun

Meaning

(countable) A Jewish folk musician.

(music, uncountable) A type of popular Jewish folk music especially associated with Ashkenazi cultures.

Examples

Commire, Klezmer 228. Esther Sleepe Burney also bore two other boys, both named Charles, who died in infancy in 1752 and 1754. Source: Internet

Commire, Klezmer 229. Critical reception Written in epistolary form, Evelina portrays the English upper middle class from the perspective of a 17-year-old woman who has reached marriageable age. Source: Internet

Commire, Klezmer 230. Her side of the Barlow courtship is amusingly told in her journal. Source: Internet

The group originally formed when a woman assumed co-founder Leeav Sofer had a klezmer band due to his Jewish heritage. Source: Internet

I can honestly say I had never heard of “klezmer” music before coming across woodwind instrumentalist Seth Kibel. Source: Internet

The group is now hosting a workshop at the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music on Feb. 9 to explain how it integrates traditional klezmer and Yiddish music with modern Latin, rock and folk. Source: Internet

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