Ashkenazi Music
'Ashkenazi' (Hebrew for Germany) refers to the Jews who settled in the Rhineland of South West Germany and Northern France from about the third century CE. They developed a distinct culture and spread out eastwards through Central Europe into Slavic lands. Ashkenazi cantorial song reached a very high level of sophistication and ornamentation. The vernacular language was Yiddish, based on medieval German with Slavic and Hebrew words and written in Hebrew script. Yiddish language influenced their popular music. Yiddish language and music travelled with Ashkenazi Jews as they moved to the new world. A musician was called a 'klezmer' and 'klezmer music' and Yiddish song are popular genres taught by JMI today.
Jewish Song school 2009: 9 – 14 August
Yiddish Dance Strand: 9 – 14 August
Ot Azoy! 2009 – Yiddish Crash course: 2 – 7 August
Song
school evening classes 2009 for more details contact Hilda
Bronstein
Read
about Klezmer Up North and
the the Liverpool
Wild Wind Weekend.
To find out about Klezmer, Yiddish song and Yiddish classes in your area, email JMI - jewishmusic@jmi.org.uk
Future dates:
2009
- Ot Azoy: Sunday 02 - Friday 07 August
- KlezFest: Sunday 09 - Friday 14 August
More details coming soon!
2010
- Ot Azoy: Sunday 01 - Friday 06 August
- KlezFest: Sunday 08 - Friday 13 August
last modified: 03 January 2009
Ashkenazi Links
The
International Forum for Yiddish Culture (IFYC)
Other JMI Links
