Albert system
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The Albert system refers to a system of clarinet keywork and fingering developed by Eugène Albert. In the United Kingdom, it is known as the simple system. It has been largely replaced by the Boehm sy
Comparison of clarinets after Iwan Müller, Eugène Albert and Oscar Oehler
Klezmer
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Klezmer is an instrumental musical tradition of the Ashkenazi Jews of Central and Eastern Europe. The essential elements of the tradition include dance tunes, ritual melodies, and virtuosic improvisat
Jewish musicians of Rohatyn (west Ukraine)
Portrait of Pedotser (A. M. Kholodenko), nineteenth-century klezmer virtuoso
Max Leibowitz orchestra from 1921
Elane Hoffman Watts, klezmer drummer, in 2007