klezmer

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Pronunciations

klezmer (KLEZ-mur) listen

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Definitions

Example Sentences

  • "They rock so hard. They play, like, funky klezmer music with a heavy bass." (comment on Balkan Beat Box)

  • "I love Klezmer, especially when it's fused with Jazz." (source)

  • "Klezmer is fabulous, super hip and continually developing. It has a big and growing Jewish and non-Jewish following in North America and Europe. It's time Israel joined in appreciating and playing it!" (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew
  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • TH כלי זמר kley zemer 'musical instruments' > Y כּלי־זמר / קלעזמער klezmer

      • Who Uses This

      • Jews: Jews of diverse religious backgrounds and organizational involvements
      • Non-Jews: (words that have spread outside of Jewish networks)

      Regions

      • North America
      • Australia / New Zealand
      • Great Britain
      • South Africa

      Dictionaries

      • The New Joys of Yiddish, by Leo Rosten and Lawrence Bush (New York, 2003[1968]).
      • Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).
      • The JPS Dictionary of Jewish Words, by Joyce Eisenberg and Ellen Scolnic, (Philadelphia, 2001).
      • Dictionary of Jewish Usage: A Popular Guide to the Use of Jewish Terms, by Sol Steinmetz (Lanham, MD, 2005).
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