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Klezmer (Yiddish: Klezmer (כליזמר or קלעזמער pl. כליזמר כליזמרים from the Hebrew כלי זמר meaning vessel of song) is a genre of fiddle music rooted in the medieval shtetl (villages) of Eastern Europe where wandering Ashkenazi musicians (Klezmorim) played at bar mitzvahs weddings and holidays (simkhes). ritual of rabbinic Judaism.

instrument
Accordion, Clarinet, Piano, Trombone, Trumpet, Cimbalom, Violin, Poyk
stylistic origin
Music of Ukraine, Bessarabia, Music of Turkey, Music of Greece, Music of Romania, Bukovina

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