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Klezmer is Yiddish music, the music of the Jews of Europe and America, a music of laughter and tears, of weddings and festivals, of dancing and prayer. Born in the Middle Ages, it came of age in the shtetl (the Eastern European Jewish country town), where 'a wedding without klezmer is worse than a funeral without tears'. Most European klezmorim (klezmer players) were murdered in the Holocaust; in the last 25 years, however, klezmer has been reborn, with dozens of groups gaining large followings throughout the world. This book traces the music's entire history, making use of extensive documentary material; interviews with forgotten klezmorim as well as luminaries such as Theodore Bikel, Leonard Nimoy, Joel Grey, and Andy Statman; and dozens of illuminating and stirring photographs.

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A remarkably entertaining and carefully documented study. -- Choice. A real treat... Mr Strom is a real storyteller... the reading is fun, easy and it's a quick read. -- Book & Score Reviews. Strom uses an artist's hand... and shows that a history of art can be a work of art as well. -- Jewish Bulletin. There is a wealth of information in 'The Book of Klezmer', much of it never before gathered in one volume. -- Sing Out.

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