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		Definition of klezmer in English: klezmernounPlural klezmorim ˈklɛzməˈklezmər mass noun1Traditional eastern European Jewish music.  Example sentencesExamples -  Used for weddings, parties, dances, just about any celebration, klezmer is Jewish roots music, an essential part of the culture.
 -  He has greeted the resurgence of klezmer, Yiddish, and Hassidic music among younger Jews with great enthusiasm and is regarded highly by musicians of all ages.
 -  A classical clarinet virtuoso with Ashkenazi roots, he didn't actually start playing or listening to klezmer until the late 70's.
 -  They teach their granddaughter the haunting klezmer melodies of their youth.
 -  His music combines songs and tunes from a wide range of musical traditions including folk, blues, reggae, Cajun, and klezmer.
 
 - 1.1count noun A musician who plays klezmer music.
 Example sentencesExamples -  Pianist Kenny Werner, bassist Greg Cohen and drummer Joey Baron,are incredibly gifted jazz improvisers who are no less brilliant as klezmer musicians.
 -  After graduation from Harvard, where she majored in Russian history and literature, she headed to Seattle, where she tried her hand sitting in with a local klezmer band called the Mazeltones.
 -  The reception kicks off with a klezmer band, and Sophie and Max are hauled up on chairs for the Jewish wedding version of musical chairs.
 -  My father was a real klezmer, self-taught.
 -  Klezmer, the traditional tooth and heel-clicking Jewish folk tunes that the travelling klezmorim used to play, has been yanked out of the ghetto and thrown on to the dancefloor.
 
  
 
 Origin   1920s: Yiddish, contraction of Hebrew kĕlē zemer 'musical instruments'.    Definition of klezmer in US English: klezmernounˈklezmər also klezmer music1Traditional eastern European Jewish music.  Example sentencesExamples -  They teach their granddaughter the haunting klezmer melodies of their youth.
 -  He has greeted the resurgence of klezmer, Yiddish, and Hassidic music among younger Jews with great enthusiasm and is regarded highly by musicians of all ages.
 -  Used for weddings, parties, dances, just about any celebration, klezmer is Jewish roots music, an essential part of the culture.
 -  His music combines songs and tunes from a wide range of musical traditions including folk, blues, reggae, Cajun, and klezmer.
 -  A classical clarinet virtuoso with Ashkenazi roots, he didn't actually start playing or listening to klezmer until the late 70's.
 
 - 1.1 A musician who plays traditional eastern European Jewish music.
 Example sentencesExamples -  My father was a real klezmer, self-taught.
 -  After graduation from Harvard, where she majored in Russian history and literature, she headed to Seattle, where she tried her hand sitting in with a local klezmer band called the Mazeltones.
 -  Klezmer, the traditional tooth and heel-clicking Jewish folk tunes that the travelling klezmorim used to play, has been yanked out of the ghetto and thrown on to the dancefloor.
 -  The reception kicks off with a klezmer band, and Sophie and Max are hauled up on chairs for the Jewish wedding version of musical chairs.
 -  Pianist Kenny Werner, bassist Greg Cohen and drummer Joey Baron,are incredibly gifted jazz improvisers who are no less brilliant as klezmer musicians.
 
  
 
 Origin   1920s: Yiddish, contraction of Hebrew kĕlē zemer ‘musical instruments’.     |