Budowitz (Musical group)

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Name (Latin)
Budowitz (Musical group)
Other forms of name
Ensemble Budowitz
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 146899768
Wikidata: Q4985159
Library of congress: no 98129350
Sources of Information
  • Budowitz WWW home page, Dec. 9, 1998(Joshua Horowitz, tsimbl, 19th-century button accordion; Merlin Shepherd, 19th-century C-clarinet; Miklós Kónya, Elemér Csámpai, fiddle; Sándor Kuti, cello).
  • Mother tongue [SR] p1997:label (Ensemble Budowitz) container (Budowitz: Joshua Horowitz, tsimbl, 19th-century button accordion; Walt Mahlovich, C-clarinet; steven Greenman, violin; Lothar Lässer, 19th-century button accordion; Géza Pénzes, cello, contrabass).
  • cf. Wedding without a bride, [1999]. [sound recording]

Wikipedia description:

Budowitz are a klezmer band incorporating 19th century instruments and themes from the folk music of Bessarabia, Galicia and Bukovina, into their music. Its members live in Hungary, Germany and the United States. The band is named after 19th Century accordion maker Karl Budowitz [1], who built the accordion played by Joshua Horowitz in the group. They have won a number of awards including BBC's Critics Circle award for best CD and the British Songlines Magazine's "Top of the World" award.

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