Sjaak van der Reijden: Klezmer Discovery: Fanfare Band: Score

The Yiddish word â Klezmerâ has been derived from the Old Hebrew words â Kleyâ (tool instrument) and â Zemerâ (song singing making music).Klezmer is the traditional music of Jews from Eastern Europe.Yiddish musicians (Klezmorim) were regularly invited to come and play at Yiddish weddings as well as several other Jewish celebrations and festive occasions. Despite its close connection with traditional Eastern European folk music Klezmer music has succeeded in preserving its distinctive Jewish character. â Klezmer Discoveryâ is a voyage of discovery through the richly varied music of the Jewish people from Eastern Europe.The introduction consists of anumber of motives from different traditional melodies (a Mitzve Tenzel and Lâ cha Dodi) followed by a melody in 3/8th time (Kandelâ s Hora). This dance melody originally came from Bessarabia (present-day Moldavia) and was taken along to America by Jewish musicians round 1900. Subsequently â Der Terk in Amerikaâ a composition by famous clarinet player Naftule Brandwein can be heard. A number of fast cheerful dance melodies (bulgars) form the finale of â Klezmer Discoveryâ (Lebedyk un Freylekh Lomir sich iberbetn and Sherele).