How the Klezmer Institute rescued hundreds of tunes from oblivion

Written By Danny Somekh

The Klezmer Institute’s Kiselgof-Makonovetsky Digital Manuscript Project has digitised nearly 1,400 historic Jewish melodies once locked away in archives. The initiative is revitalising klezmer music by making rare tunes accessible to musicians worldwide.


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Image credit: Klezmer Institute / Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine

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