Javori Klezmer Miniatures

Klezmer Miniatures has been compiled for young musicians who, by
playing an instrument, would like to become acquainted with the
musically varied world of Klezmer. The series comprises two duos, four
trios and two quartets, which can be performed with different
combinations of instruments - violin, clarinet, flute, cello, double
bass, bass guitar and trumpet.
The composer, Ferenc Javori, is the founder and leader of the
Budapest Klezmer Band. Javori was born into a Hungarian-Jewish
community in Munkacs (Mukacheve, Ukraine), where the years before the
Second World War witnessed a golden age of Klezmer, the traditional,
instrumental folk music of Yiddish-speaking Jewish communities. He has
collected and compiled numerous melodies and songs from the last
representatives of this formerly vibrant musical culture. Each of the
Klezmer Miniatures reflects a different traditional genre of Klezmer.
In these pieces Jvori has used certain motifs from Moisei Beregosky's
folk music collection.
Instrumentation/Parts:
Vl 1/Fl 1, Vl 2/Fl 2, Clr 1 in B, Clr 2 in B, Vc