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What is a Klezmer
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Benjy Fox-Rosen explains his view of klezmer music and the social importance of klezmer musicians and klezmer music for Ashkenazi culture.
This is an excerpt from an oral history with Benjamin Fox-Rosen.
This excerpt is in English.
Benjamin Fox-Rosen was born in Los Angeles, California in 1984.
This interview is part of the Yiddish and the Arts: musicians, actors, and artists series.
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What is a Klezmer
1 minute 5 seconds
Early music experiences
2 minutes 11 seconds
The Influence of Gebirtig
2 minutes 48 seconds
Klezmer Did Not Exist In a Vacuum
1 minute 30 seconds
"All the information is there and it belongs to you"
2 minutes 13 seconds
Luminescent Orchestrii
2 minutes 7 seconds
Learning Yiddish and the Future of Yiddish
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Since 2010, the Yiddish Book Center’s Wexler Oral History Project has recorded more than 500 in-depth video interviews that provide a deeper understanding of the Jewish experience and the legacy and changing nature of Yiddish language and culture.
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