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Hello- can anyone help?
        I've heard that the word 'Klezmer' was first used to mean a musician in
the Austro-Hungarian Empire, at a time when  Jewish musician's unions
were being set up and they wanted a more elegant word than 'Spielman.'
How true is this- and does anyone know what sort of date this would be? 
Thanks in advance-
David (dtb101 (at) york(dot)ac(dot)uk)

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