Product Details
- Artist: Various Artists
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- Binding: Audio CD
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- EAN: 0011661108929
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- Label: Rounder Select
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- Manufacturer: Rounder Select
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- Number of Discs: 1
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- Product Group: Music
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- Publisher: Rounder Select
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- Release Date: 1996-09-29
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- Studio: Rounder Select
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- Title: Klezmer Pioneers: European & American Recordings, 1905-1952
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- UPC: 011661108929
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Product Description: Spirit triumphs handily over fidelity on this generous, informatively annotated package. And with a klezmer revival in full swing, it's fascinating to return as near as possible to its source to listen to what the Eastern European klezmorim thought the Yiddish community ought to hear on the first 78s full of this vital and joyous music. What first hits you are the unexpectedly sophisticated arrangements of the several klezmer orchestras represented here. The ensembles looked to American ragtime, jazz, and even military marches for inspiration after crossing the ocean. Vaudeville provided an excuse to add exotic theatrical elements to klezmer, while clarinets (played by virtuosos Dave Tarras and Naftule Brandwein, among others) gradually replaced fiddles with the advent of the swing era. Treading a fascinating balance between folk music and jazz, this vintage music seems to thrive in a world all its own. --Richard Gehr
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