The mehter (from Pers. mihtar , lit., the greater [orchestra]) was a musical ensemble consisting of double-reed shawms (zurna, zurnā) , trumpets (boru, borū) , double-headed drums (tabl, ṭabl) , kettledrums (nakare, naqāre, kös) and metallic percussion instruments. Other terms a…
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"Klezmer: Music, History and Memory is the first comprehensive study of the music created by the Jewish musicians' guild of Eastern Europe--the klezmorim. Klezmer music was the unique example of an instrumental repertoire and performance style created by Jews. Its primary venue …
Klezmer is the first comprehensive study of the musical structure and social history of klezmer music--the music of Jewish musicians' guild of Eastern Europe. Author Walter Zev Feldman includes major written sources, as well as interviews with European-born klezmorim, conducted …