Deleruyelle: The Magic Book

The instrumental music of the Yiddish-speaking Jews, particularly from Eastern Europe, is called klezmer. This term was originally used in Jewish culture to denote a musician who played wedding music. At Jewish weddings, which usually lasted several days, klezmer musicians not only played dance music, but also ritual music for the wedding ceremony and background music for the meal. Originally, there was no name for it. The style was simply called Jewish wedding music. In the 1970s, the music – actually a mishmash of styles – regained popularity and was given the name klezmer. Not only Balkan sounds can be found in it, but also Oriental and Gypsy influences. For Klezmeriana, Jan de Haan did not use original klezmer melodies but composed a number of lookalikes in an instrumentation for woodwind ensemble and optional percussion.

Merk	De Haske Publications
Serie	Band Section Series
Instrument	Brass Ensemble and Percussion