Fiddler on the Move Exploring the Klezmer WorldBook and CD

Name: Fiddler on the Move Exploring the Klezmer WorldBook and CD
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ISBN: 9780195161809

ISBN-10: 0195161807

ISBN-13: 9780195161809

Edition: 2003

Authors: Mark Slobin

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"Klezmer" is a Yiddish word for professional folk instrumentalist-the flutist, fiddler, and bass player that made brides weep and guests dance at weddings throughout Jewish eastern Europe before the culture was destroyed in the Holocaust, silenced under Stalin, and lost out to assimilation in America. Klezmer music is now experiencing a tremendous new spurt of interest worldwide with both Jews and non-Jews recreating this restless volatile, and vibrant musical culture. Firmly centered in the United States, klezmer has paradoxically moved back across the Atlantic as a distinctly "American" music, played throughout central and eastern Europe, as well as in many other parts of the world.…

Book details

List price: $44.99
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 2/6/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 168
Size: 9.09" wide x 6.30" long x 0.71" tall
Weight: 0.660
Language: English

ContentsForewardUnder the Klezmer Umbrella1. Klezmer as Heritage Music2. Klezmer as an Urge3. Klezmer as Community4. Klezmer Style as StatementThe Fiddler's FarewellWorks citedContents of the accompanying CDIndex