American Klezmer Its Roots and Offshoots

Name: American Klezmer Its Roots and Offshoots
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ISBN: 9780520227187

ISBN-10: 0520227182

ISBN-13: 9780520227187

Edition: 2003

Authors: Mark Slobin

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Klezmer, the Yiddish word for a folk instrumental musician, has come to mean a person, a style, and a scene. This musical subculture came to the United States with the late-nineteenth-century Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe. Although it had declined in popularity by the middle of the twentieth century, this lively music is now enjoying recognition among music fans of all stripes. Today, klezmer flourishes in the United States and abroad in the world music and accompany Jewish celebrations. The outstanding essays collected in this volume investigate American klezmer: its roots, its evolution, and its spirited revitalization. The contributors to American Klezmer include every kind of…

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List price: $31.95
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 8/1/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 252
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 0.902
Language: English



Introduction




Roots



American Klezmer A Brief History




Klezmer-Loshn The Language of Jewish Folk Musicians




Di rusishe progresiv muzikal yunon no. 1 fun amerike The First Klezmer Union in America




The Klezmer in Jewish Philadelphia, 1915-70




"All My Life a Musician" Ben Bazyler: A European Klezmer in America




Bulgareasca/Bulgarish/Bulgar The Transformation of a Klezmer Dance Genre




Offshoots



Sounds of Sensibility Barbara




Klezkamp and the Rise of Yiddish Cultural Literacy




Newish, Not Jewish Reshaping Klezmer Musical Traditions




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 Youth Subculture Alicia Svigals


Works Cited


Contributors


Index