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| The Compleat Klezmer | Sapoznik and Shokolow | US Klezmer | Probably the book that started the modern Klezmer revival. So many of the tunes presented in this are now oft-played classics | |
| The Klezmer Plus! Folio | Sapoznik and Shokolow | US Klezmer | From the team that brought you The Compleat Klezmer. A transcription of the pieces played on the Klezmer Plus! CD. At the back are transcriptions for all the instruments in a big band era Klezmer outfit of the 1930s. | |
| Kolev Collection | Emil Kolev | Bulgarian | Picked up by a friend in a jumble sale box in a Bulgarian department store in the 1980s. A small collection of great tunes representative of the State Orchestra era. | |
| From the Repertoire of German Goldenshteyn | German Goldenshteyn | Yiddish | A collection of 100 tunes traditional to the border area between Moldavia and Ukraine | |
| Eastern European Fiddle Tunes | Pete Cooper | Polish, Yiddish, Hungarian, Romanian, Bulgarian | Eighty tunes from a mix of cultures. All set for solo fiddle. | |
| How to play Romanian folk violin Vol 2 | Miamon Miller and Lache Cercel | Romanian | More great tunes and a CD. | |
| How to play Romanian folk violin | Miamon Miller | Romanian | Only 9 tunes, but all classics that burn themselves into your head. Comes with a CD | |
| Romanian Folk Music | Bela Bartok | Romanian | Between 1912 and 1914 Bela Bartok collected thousands of tunes in Romania and Hungary. The only copies of this massive work I have seen are in theMelbourne Conservatory library. I copied quite afew pages. | |
| Balkan Folkdance Music Gig Book | Miamon Miller | Balkan | 65 tunes fro, Croatia, Serbia, Macedonia, Bulgaria, Greece, Romania. The tunes are chosen as representative of the major dances of each region. Some good tunes are included. | |
| Balkan/European Folkdance Music Gig Book Volume 2 | Miamon Miller | Balkan | A follow up to the orginal Blakan Gig Book. Contains a selection from Croatia, Greece, Romania, Vlach, and Sweden. Not as good as the first in the series. | |
| The Essential Russian/Ukranian Fake Book | | Russian | 65 tunes from Russia, the Ukraine and the Blatic States. | |
| Klezmer Clarinetist Book 1 | Zinovy Goro | Klezmer, Israeli | 18 Klezmer and 20 Jewish tunes. A mix of standards (eg Bb Minor Bulgar) and less well publicised tunes | |
| Klezmer Clarinetist Book 2 | Zinovy Goro | Klezmer, Israeli | 15 Klezmer and 22 Jewish tunes. Again, a mix of classics and the less common. | |
| Bulgarian-Macedonian Folk Music | Boris Kremenliev | Bulgarian | 1952 Berkeley | a reproduction of sorts |
| The Pinewood Collection | Tom Pixton | Eastern Europe and beyond | Origins as a collection used by folk dance musicians in Boston. | Purchase here |
| Macedonian Folk Music | Linsey Pollak and Phillip Griffin | Macedonian | Ninety-one mainly gaida tunes. | Buy here |
| Bulgarian & Macedonian Instrumentals, version 1.5 | Bill Lanphier | Bulgarian and Macedonian | 11 tunes, with, I suspect, detailed transcriptions. Haven't seen a copy. | More here |
| Folk Music From Bulgaria | Hans Baken | Bulgaria | 114 tune transcriptions | Free in pdf from Lulu |