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1 online resource (vii, 245 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-232) and index. |
| Contents |
American Klezmer: a brief history / Hankus Netsky -- Klezmer-Ioshn: the language of Jewish folk musicians / Robert A. Rothstein -- Di Rushishe progresiv Muzikal Yunyoun No. 1 fun Americke : the first Klezemer Union in America / James Leoffler -- The Klezmer in Jewish Philadelphia, 1915-70 / Hankus Netsky -- "All my life a musician": Ben Bazyler, a European Klezmer in America / Michael Alpert -- Bulgărescă, Bulgarish, Bulgar: the transformation of the Klezmer dance genre / Walter Zec Feldman -- Sounds and sensibility / Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett -- KlezKamp and the rise of Yiddish cultural literacy / Henry Sapoznik -- Newish, not Jewish: a tale of two bands / Marion Jacobson -- An insider's view: how we traveled from obscurity to the Klezmer establishment in twenty years / Frank London -- Why we do this anyway: Klezmer as Jewish youth subculture / Alicia Svigals. |
| Summary |
The essays collected in this volume investigate American klezmer: its roots, its evolution, and its spirited revitalization. The contributors include every kind of authority on the subject and they offer a wide range of perspectives on the musical, social, and cultural history of klezmer in American life. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Klezmer music -- Congresses.
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Klezmer music. |
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Jews -- Music -- Congresses.
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Jews -- Music. |
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Electronic books.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Music.
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Music.
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| Added Author |
Slobin, Mark.
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Klezmer Research Conference (1st : 1996 : Wesleyan University)
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| Other Form: |
Print version: American Klezmer. Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2002 0520227174 (DLC) 00051168 (OCoLC)45223552 |
| ISBN |
9780520935655 (electronic book) |
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0520935659 (electronic book) |
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0585441294 (electronic book) |
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9780585441290 (electronic book) |
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1597344621 (electronic book : Adobe Reader) |
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9781597344623 (electronic book : Adobe Reader) |
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0520227174 (cloth : alkaline paper) |
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0520227182 (paperback : alkaline paper) |
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