Klezmer?

After the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 CE, many rabbis discouraged music. Merrymaking at weddings was still allowed, and the klezmorim developed to fill that niche.

The first klezmer known by name was Yakobius ben Yakobius, a player of the aulos in 2nd century Samaria. The style and structure of modern klezmer is traced to 19th century Bessarabia, where the bulk of today's traditional repertoire was written.

(Wikipedia)

Influenced by Slavonic, Greek, Turkish, Arabic, Ukranian, Moldavian, Tartar and Gypsy musical traditions, the klezmorim used numerous tempo changes, irregular rhythms, dissonance and improvisation to generate a musical style that is easily recognizable and widely appreciated all around the world.

In medieval times, klezmorim wandered from shtetl to ghetto to perform at various joyful Eastern European occasions such as birthdays, circumcisions and weddings.

Klezmorim were often poor and known t0 prefer alcohol and women to study of the Torah. They were considered pariahs, barely higher than beggars (shnorrers) and criminals. Even so, many developed reputations high and wide and were in great demand.

(Klezmer music in a few words)

Felix Mendelssohn loved it. Franz Liszt hated it. George Gershwin and Benny Goodman borrowed it, so to speak.