Klezmer is the celebration music of Eastern European Jews around the world. It reflects the interplay of dance tunes, folk songs and liturgical music that flourished in Eastern Europe in the diverse Yiddish-speaking culture until 1939.
Here, the incomparable Itzhak Perlman takes a break from the concert hall to explore the vitality of klezmer music in this charmingly humorous guide where he journeys from New York's lower East Side to the Jewish Festival in Krakow, Poland performing with a wide cross section of popular klezmer groups. |
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