Mishka Ziganoff - Bessarabia Doina (classic klezmer accordion)

A doina followed by the ubiquitous “Oriental Hora“ heard on many klezmer albums. From Josh Horowitz’s essay on the klezmer accordion (available on the Budowitz website): “Misha Demitro Tsiganoff was born on 15 January 1889, in Odessa, the son of Yanchie Demitro Tsiganoff and Vorgja Nickolarna, and died in February of 1967. He lived in Brooklyn and Manhattan, was Christian and spoke fluent Yiddish. [...] Tsiganoff began his recording career in New York in 1919 and made his last solo record ten years lat
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