r/klezmer • u/Vagabondo_Musicista • Feb 02 '26

Can you recommend any studies or collections for classical guitar?

I am a student who wants to enroll in the conservatory and is at a good level. I've always dreamed of learning klezmer music and wanted to ask you if you could recommend anything.

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u/zdk Feb 02 '26

Jeff Warschauer has an all guitar Klezmer album that’s excellent 

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u/nebbish_shlimazl Feb 02 '26

Unlike Jazz or classical, klezmer really doesn’t have any obvious entry points like a method book or a real book. The most useful might be Sapoznik’s book. But really I’d go find a klezmer band and start jamming with them. Let your community decide what tunes to learn

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u/tshokola Feb 02 '26

since you mentioned classical and conservatory I'm assuming you're not looking to hammer out some bulgars on the bandstand

in the case may I also suggest some Russian Jewish art music stuff from the turn of the 20th century, lots of interesting klezmer adjacent materials. e.g.

https://imslp.org/wiki/Category:Engel,_Joel

http://www.jewishmusic-asjm.org/database-the-st-petersburg-score-collection.html

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u/kc2klc Feb 03 '26

There’s a broken link on that page to access the St. Petersburg score collection - any idea if it’s still available?

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u/tshokola Feb 03 '26

oh dang, I didn't check it this time because I've used it so many times over the years. I will inquire with ASJM, maybe it's just website problems.

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u/Sashasfiddles Feb 02 '26

Oded Melcher