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klezmer

instrumental musical tradition of the Ashkenazi Jews of Central and Eastern Europe
Intangible music_genre Q212944
klezmer
Menachem Kipnis · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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Summary

klezmer is a music genre[1]. klezmer ranks in the top 9% of music genre entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,893 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: music tradition of Jewish ethnic groups[3], type of dance[4]
  • Subclass of: Jewish music[5]
  • Commons category: Klezmer[6]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Klezmer[7]
  • Practiced by: klezmer musician[8]
  • Intangible cultural heritage status: National Inventory of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Ukraine[9]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[10]

Why It Matters

klezmer has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] klezmer is known by 25 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Rate Your Music. rateyourmusic.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0009058-klezmerska-hudba
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: h0009058-klezmerska-hudba, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259494|batch #259494]]"
  2. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Subclass of → —
    Local thumb → —
    Topic's main category → Category:Klezmer
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|6 */ Yso id: 29863, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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