Word info

klezmer

Noun

Meaning

(countable) A Jewish folk musician.

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

Source: en.wiktionary.org

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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