Kelet-európai klezmer zene négy hangszerre by Ferenc Jávori, Reviczky Béla / East European Klezmer Music for 4 Instruments / Athenaeum 2000 Kiadó / RÉT 015 / Osteuropäische Klezmermusik für vier Instrumente

Paperback 2011

PAGES: 60

PUBLISHER: Athenaeum 2000 Kiadó

Language: Hungarian - English - German

English Summary:

The early 20" century saw the flourishing of Yiddish culture in Eastern Europe. However, as a result of migrations and the Holocaust, this culture has all but disappeared, and together with the disappearance of Yiddish culture, its music, has also vanished. The word itself is of Hebrew origin: k'lé zemer means ‘Musical instrument” but its meaning has been broadened to include also the musicians playing this Music.

Life in the Eastern European shtetls, Jewish villages, offered countless occasions for playing, Klezmer music, ranging from the ritual to the secular (weddings, Purim games, etc.) Jewish and non-Jewish music mutually influenced each other and one can note a blend of musical motifs.
Jewish musicians were regularly invited to play at Polish, Russian and Moldavian weddings while non-Jewish musicians — especially Gypsies — often played on Jewish festivals.

Some of the Pieces in this collection were preserved by Gyula Galambosi (Gy. G.), the leader of a Gypsy Band in Mukachevo, who often provided the music at Jewish weddings. The other Klezmer melodies were taken from Moshe Beregovski’s collection, Jewish instrumental folk music (M. B.) and es
Abraham Z. Idelsohn’s The historical development of the Jewish music (A. Z. 1).

Hungarian Description:

A huszadik század elején a jiddis kultúra virágkorát élte Kelet-Európában, de a migráció és a holokauszt miatt egy évszázad alatt szinte el is tűnt. Vele együtt tűnt el a klezmer néven ismert hangszeres tánczene is. Maga a szó héber eredetű: a k'lé zemer eredeti jelentése 'hangszer', de átvitt értelemben 'hangszeres zenészt' is jelent. Korábban a kelet-európai jiddis kultúra hangszeres népzenei együtteseire vonatkozott, de ma már az egész világon e szóval jelölik a jiddis zene megújítására vállalkozó hangszeres együtteseket.