Pete Rushefsky
Encyclopedia
Pete Rushefsky is an American
klezmer
musician and Executive Director of New York City
's Center for Traditional Music and Dance
http://www.klezmershack.com/archives/003675.htmlhttp://www.klezkanada.org/index.php/institute/faculty/1-1-1|0-21318.html. He plays the cimbalom or "tsimbl" as well as the 5-string banjo.
He has a book published called Essentials of Klezmer 5-String Banjo, Volume I.
United States
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klezmer
Klezmer
Klezmer is a musical tradition of the Ashkenazic Jews of Eastern Europe. Played by professional musicians called klezmorim, the genre originally consisted largely of dance tunes and instrumental display pieces for weddings and other celebrations...
musician and Executive Director of New York City
New York City
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's Center for Traditional Music and Dance
Center for Traditional Music and Dance
The Center for Traditional Music and Dance is a leading folk/traditional arts organization based in New York City. Originally established as the Balkan Arts Center in 1968, CTMD assists the city's ethnic and immigrant communities in maintaining their traditions and cultural heritage...
http://www.klezmershack.com/archives/003675.htmlhttp://www.klezkanada.org/index.php/institute/faculty/1-1-1|0-21318.html. He plays the cimbalom or "tsimbl" as well as the 5-string banjo.
He has a book published called Essentials of Klezmer 5-String Banjo, Volume I.
Discography
- Git Azoy (it's good this way) (2000?) with the 12 Corners Klezmer band http://www.klezmershack.com/articles/davidow/2001_0106_newyears.html#gitazoy
- Tsimbl un Fidl: Klezmer Music for Hammered Dulcimer and Violin (2001) with Elie Rosenblatt.
- Af di gasn fun der shtot - On the Streets of the City (2003) with Beyle Schaechter-GottesmanBeyle Schaechter-GottesmanBeyle Schaechter-Gottesman is a Yiddish poet and songwriter.-Biography:She was born in Vienna into an Eastern-European, Yiddish-speaking family; her family left for Czernowitz, Ukraine and settled there when Schaechter-Gottesman was a young child...
and others.
- On the paths: Yiddish songs with tsimbl (2004) with Becky Kaplan.
- Fleytmuzik in Kontsert (2008) with Adrianne Greenbaum and Jacob Shulman-Ment.http://cdbaby.com/cd/greenbaum3/
External links
- Tsimbl.com An article on tsimbls by Pete Rushefsky
- CDbaby site for "Fidl un Tsimbl" album
- Dumneazu Blog article on Pete Rushefsky and Tsimbls
- Center for Music and Traditional Dance website