Klezmer Fiddle

 

16 tunes with accompanying chords
plus pull-out booklets for second fiddle and cello/bass

 

This collection of 16 tunes, complete with CD and guidance and style and interpretation, gives you all the tools you need to begin exploring klezmer music - the repertoire if Jewish folk musicians originating in Eastern Europe. Each tune is presented with helpful notes on tonality, phrasing and bowing, and ornamentation, which will immerse you in the style and help you to develop skills that can be applied throughout the book.

 

The CD includes newly recorded (and selected historical) performances of each tune, together with a complete set of backings. Alternatively, accompanying instruments can play along using the chords above the melody line, or use the sekund and bass parts provided in two pull-out booklets. Whether you have some knowledge of the repertoire's distinctive sound and feel or none at all, Klezmer Fiddle is the perfect way to build up a body of fantastic tunes for any occasion. 

Ilana Cravitz is a klezmer fiddler, baroque violinist, and viola da gamba player based in London. She specializes in the celebratory and soulful klezmer repertoire, and regularly performs with klezmer bands and period instrument ensembles, as well as teaching classes, workshops, and individuals. 
 

 

Book/CD

 

 

Oxford University Press