"The Klezmer Fiddle" – Echoes from the Shtetl…
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Loading ...This video features clips from my NEW REMIXED & EXTENDED ALBUM, “The Klezmer Fiddle” – available from iTunes, Amazon MP3 Store & www.cdbaby.com by about July 2010. The existing 10 track album of the same title is still on iTunes until the release of this 17 track album, masterfully remixed by Dominik Johnson… This album is my attempt to recreate the wonderful sounds of the traditional Jewish Klezmer fiddle, which once wafted through the many Shtetls of Eastern Europe, prior to the ravages wrought on Eastern European Jewish musical culture by the Holocaust. The rather rustic “rough edges” in my fiddle playing, (which the classically trained violinist will no doubt detect), is simply a consequence of the fact that I am totally self-taught – just like most of the Klezmer musicians of the Shtetls of old Eastern Europe, I never had either the money or the opportunity to take violin lessons. In my opinion, folk music played by a classically trained violinist, simply no longer sounds like authentic folk music… Above all the musical styles which influenced the traditional Klezmer musicians of Eastern Europe, the Romanian influence seems to be the strongest and most enduring. This fact is reflected in the dance forms found throughout the entire surviving Klezmer music repertoire, eg Horas, Doinas, Bulgars etc. I have also featured examples of such piece on the album, for example “Odessa Bulgar” (track9), “Yiddish Hora” (track 4) & “Oriental Hora” (track 3). This influence on …
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