Klezmer

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Klezmer is a traditional musical genre of Ashkenazi Jewish communities, characterized by expressive, dance-oriented melodies often played at celebrations such as weddings.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Klezmer music 2
Klezmer canonical 1
klezmer music 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Jewish music ⓘ
musical genre ⓘ
associatedWithReligion Judaism ⓘ
characterizedBy dance-oriented rhythms ⓘ
emotional expressiveness ⓘ
expressive melodies ⓘ
ornamented melodic lines ⓘ
culturalContext Ashkenazi Jews ⓘ
developedInCentury 19th century ⓘ
etymologyFrom Hebrew words "klei" and "zemer" ⓘ
Yiddish word "klezmer" ⓘ
historicalLanguageContext Yiddish ⓘ
influenced American Jewish popular music ⓘ
world music ⓘ
influencedBy Eastern European folk music ⓘ
Hasidic nigunim ⓘ
Ottoman music ⓘ
Romani music ⓘ
cantorial music ⓘ
laterMeaning style of music ⓘ
melodicMode Misheberakh scale ⓘ
freygish ⓘ
originalMeaning musician ⓘ
originatedIn Eastern Europe ⓘ
performanceContext concert stages ⓘ
dance events ⓘ
wedding bands ⓘ
relatedGenre Hasidic music ⓘ
Yiddish theatre music ⓘ
revivalPeriod 1970s ⓘ
1980s ⓘ
revivalRegion United States ⓘ
Western Europe ⓘ
typicalDanceForm bulgar ⓘ
freylekhs ⓘ
hora ⓘ
sher ⓘ
typicalInstrument accordion ⓘ
cimbalom ⓘ
clarinet ⓘ
double bass ⓘ
drums ⓘ
piano ⓘ
trombone ⓘ
trumpet ⓘ
tsimbl ⓘ
violin ⓘ
typicalOccasion celebrations ⓘ
weddings ⓘ
usesTechnique bends and slides ⓘ
krekhts (vocal-like sobbing ornaments) ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Phrygian dominant scale → usedInGenre → Klezmer music ⓘ
linked to: Klezmer
B-flat clarinet → usedIn → klezmer music ⓘ
linked to: Klezmer
Hijaz scale → usedInTradition → Klezmer music ⓘ
linked to: Klezmer