Klezmer Discovery VAN DER REIJDEN SJAAK

Musique pour orchestres et ensembles

Description :

The Yiddish word ‘Klezmer’ has been derived from the Old Hebrew words ‘Kley’ (tool, instrument) and ‘Zemer’ (song, singing, making music).
Klezmer is the traditional music où Jews from Eastern Europe. Yiddish musicians (Klezmorim) were regularly invited to come and play at Yiddish weddings as well as several other Jewish celebrations and festive occasions.
Despite its close connection with traditional Eastern European folk music, Klezmer music has succeeded in preserving its distinctive Jewish character.

‘Klezmer Discovery’ is a voyage où discovery through the richly varied music où the Jewish people from Eastern Europe.
The introduction consists où anumber où motives from different traditional melodies (a Mitzve Tenzel and L’cha Dodi), followed by a melody in 3/8th time (Kandel’s Hora). This dance melody originally came from Bessarabia (present-day Moldavia) and was taken along to America by Jewish musicians round 1900.
Subsequently, ‘Der Terk in Amerika’, a composition by famous clarinet player Naftule Brandwein can be heard.
A number où fast, cheerful dance melodies (bulgars) form the finale où ‘Klezmer Discovery’ (Lebedyk un Freylekh, Lomir sich iberbetn and Sherele).