Definitions

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  • noun music A cymbalom, or hammered dulcimer, used in klezmer music.

Etymologies

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From Yiddish

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Examples

  • Opening the show at 7 will be the red hotÂfiddling of Alicia Svigals ex-Klezmatics accompanied by Pete Rushefsky on tsimbl.

    2007 February | Jewschool 2007

  • Opening the show at 7 will be the red hotÂfiddling of Alicia Svigals ex-Klezmatics accompanied by Pete Rushefsky on tsimbl.

    Yiddish Swing all the Way from London | Jewschool 2007

  • They all have roots in klezmer and Yiddish folk music going back before the beginning of the klezmer revival - Stu Brotman, the bass player also the main tsimbl player, was playing middle eastern and eastern european sounds in Kaleidoscope with David Lindley even back in the Sixties, Their new album, “Bless this fire”, their 4th, is the best yet.

    More songs about buildings | Jewschool 2004

  • "Hutsul Medley," which was, unfortunately, the last recording session for tsimbl player Misu Csernavec, who passed away only a few months later.

    AvaxHome RSS: 2009

  • "Hutsul Medley," which was, unfortunately, the last recording session for tsimbl player Misu Csernavec, who passed away only a few months later.

    AvaxHome RSS: 2009

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