"First modern studio recording of the klezmer music of Europe, performed with the original European instrumentation--first violin, cimbal (hammer dulcimer), sekund (contra-fiddle), and bass. Half these compositions were recorded here for the first time"--Container.

Most selections arr. by W.Zev Feldman.

Compact disc.

Program notes by Walter Zev Feldman, including a glossary of Yiddish terms & bibliography, inserted in container.

Recorded Jan. 11-12 & Mar. 17-19, 1999 at Systems II, Brooklyn, N.Y.

I. Suite in A minor, A freygish, D freygish, D minor. Sher (Am) ; Mazltov ; Sher (A) ; Ahavo rabbo shteyger (violin solo) ; Ahavo rabbo shteyger (cimbal solo) ; Shir ha-malois [/ Guzikow] ; Kaleh-bazetsn ; Dobriden (D) ; Fun der khupe

II. C minor. Di shvartse khasene (The Black wedding) [/ Khayyim Fiedler] ; Simkhas toyre

III. Violin and cimbal music for the wedding table in G minor. Dobriden (Gm) [/ Iosef Drucker ["Stempenyu"] or Avram Kholodenko ["Pedutser"] ; Zogekhts [/ Fiedler] ; Freylakhs ; Alter yiddisher tants (Old Jewish dance) ; Steiner's khosidl

IV. Old Moldavian klezmer suite in E. Terkisher gebet ; Bughici's terkisher freylakhs ; Buhusher khosid ; Old bulgar.

SFW CD 40486 Smithsonian Folkways Recordings

SFW 40486 Smithsonian Folkways Recordings

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