The Absolutely Complete Klezmer Songbook

good, clear, in order of a wedding

I have nothing but good things to say about this book -- except for one.SPIRAL-BIND THIS BOOK!!!!!!It's 400+ pages of chewy, yummy goodness, but for pete's sake, no one can conveniently use a 400+ page book of sheet music if it isn't spiral-bound! Strom has, with his typical exhaustive anthropological zeal, created a compendium of klezmer that can be used as a blunt instrument. I cannot imagine a publishing house looking at something like this and not deciding to spiral-bind it. Unless you put the book on the top edge of a stone wall and hold it open with a brick, it's extremely hard to impossible to use practically.So please. This book is a treasure house of information. Please make it less impossible to actually use.

If you are looking for a great collection of klezmer music, this has got to be the one. Extremely comprehensive, extremely legible, and some really superb tunes. A big and hearty thanks to the author who traveled Europe collecting these tunes, now written down here for posterity. The biggest bonus here is the CD, which has beautifully rendered performances of 36 of the 313(!) pieces, and really fantastic sound. In fact, the package is worth it for the CD alone.Don't let the price scare you away, this is a vast collection that is more than worth the price. If you can afford only one klezmer book, this is it!

Nothing but fun. Could not ask for more. It's plenty of bang forL a t-h-i-c-k collection of most known tunes and a CD performance on top of that.

COMPLEAT KLEZMER BOOK CD  is recommended for the first choice. For further exploration, this one is ABSOLUTELY deep!

These songs are FUN to play! I've had my nose in it all day, it's an addicting genre and this book will get you going.

Great source and resource

quick delivery, good product

Wow, I absolutely love this item and so wanted to give it 5 stars, but two things:1) This is so jam packed full of wonderful scores, I should be spiral bound, as it is pretty impossible to put on a music stand and play.2) The CD does not cover all pieces, which is fine, but they are not in a very friendly order to play and find the corresponding page.I would still recommend this book, and would personally pay up to £50 for this, extremely good value for money!

Una raccolta stupenda di brani Klezmer, ci sono tutti ... sono 313 brani, uno al giorno per un anno... sabati esclusi.Sono molto divertenti, scritti molto bene e in varie tonalità.E' incluso un bellissimo cd con 36 registrazioni di Yale Strom e la sua band.Per tutti i 36 brani raccolti nel CD troverai la partitura sia per strumenti in Do che per strumenti in Sib.E' un capolavoro credetemi, lo consiglio.