Concert Band (SCORE
PARTS) - Level 3.5
SKU: HL.4007191
Composed by Philip
Sparke. Anglo Music
Concert Band. Concert.
Softcover. Duration 435
seconds. Anglo Music
Press #032939. Published
by Anglo Music Press
(HL.4007191).
UPC:
840126966428.
A
Little Klezmer Suite was
commissioned by Rushton
Park High School to
celebrate the 50th
anniversary of their band
program. They gave the
premiere in a virtual
online concert in October
2020. Klezmer music
originated in the
'shtetl' (villages) and
the ghettos of Eastern
Europe, where itinerant
Jewish troubadours, known
as 'klezmorim', had
performed at
celebrations,
particularly weddings,
since the early Middle
Ages. 'Klezmer' is a
Yiddish term combining
the Hebrew words 'kley'
(instrument) and 'zemer'
(song). The roots of the
style are found in
secular melodies, popular
dances, Jewish 'hazanut'
(cantorial music) and
also the 'nigunim', the
wordless melodies intoned
by the 'Hasidim'
(orthodox Jews). The
melodies used in the four
movements of A Little
Klezmer Suite have
traditionally been used
in Jewish wedding
ceremonies and
celebrations.
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