Abe Elenkrig and his Orchestra - Patsh Tantz (klezmer clapping dance)

A klezmer "clapping dance", basically the same tune played by Dave Tarras as well as by Kandel's Orchestra around the same vintage, and similar to the one played by Pete Rushefsky and Elie Rosenblatt on their CD "Tsimbl un Fidl".

From Wikipedia: Abe Elenkrieg or Elenkrig (1878 1965) was a trumpeter, barber and bandleader of "Abe Elenkrig's Yiddishe Orchestra" and the "Hebrew Bulgarian Orchestra".

Connoisseurs consider his klezmer records the great neglected treasures of klezmer music. One of the first recordings of klezmer music was made by Abe in 1913.

(The photo is not of Elenkrig or his band, it's just a photo from YIVO of a klezmer band.)

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