Klezmer

[Sapoznik <Sapoznik...>]

They're both right. The Hebrew words "klei zemer" mean "musical instruments" 
while the Yiddishization of those words into "klezmer" means a musician.
Though it was Beregovski who first used the term "klezmer music" in his 1938 
essay "Yiddishe Instrumentalishe Folksmuzik" it was Giora Feidman who 
popularized the term "klezmer music" with his 1970s recordings on the Hed 
Arzi label.

Henry Sapoznik
Author
"Klezmer! Jewish Music From
Old World to Our World"

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