Curtis, Mike: A Klezmer Wedding
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Setting: String Quartet
Genre: Klezmer
Length: 32 pages
Format: 23,1 x 30,3 cm
Weight: 0.13 kg
Published: January 1, 1996
Publisher: Advance Music
Item number: ADV6401
ISMN: 9790206306617
A Klezmer Wedding is a set of four dances, newly-composed but based on traditional models. The Doina is an expressive chant for three successive soloists, it twists and turns with the wailing lament of a shepherd's pipe. Next follows the Hora, a slow Rumanian dance in three with a mood that reflects the wedding's solemn vows. A Chusidl, with a moderate speed and bouncy rhythms, gets the party to the dance floor. The concluding Freylach (happy, but still in a minor key!) takes the bride, groom, and guests to the edge of frenzy.