The book of klezmer : the history, the music, the folklore / Yale Strom.
The book of klezmer : the history, the music, the folklore / Yale Strom.
The book of klezmer : the history, the music, the folklore / Yale Strom.
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Publisher
Chicago, Ill. : A Cappella, c2002.
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N781.62924/2
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
xvi, 381 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
A Note on Yiddish Spellings -- 1. Fun David Ha-Melekh biz Duvid der Klezmer (From King David to Duvid the Klezmer) -- 2. Fun der Haskole biz Dem Khurbn (From the Enlightenment to the Holocaust) -- 3. Klezmer in der Naye Velt: 1880-1960 (Klezmer in the New World: 1880-1960) -- 4. Fun Zev biz Zorn: Di...
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Publisher
Chicago, Ill. : A Cappella, c2002.
Edition
1st ed.
Place of Publication
Illinois
Date Published
c2002.
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Scope and Contents
Summary
"Klezmer is Yiddish music, the music of the Jews of Europe and America, a music of laughter and tears, of weddings and festivals, of dancing and prayer. Born in the Middle Ages, it came of age in the shtetl (the Eastern European Jewish country town), where "a wedding without klezmer is worse than a funeral without tears." Most of the European klezm...
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The book of klezmer : the history, the music, the folklore / Yale Strom.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 363-369), discography (p. 371-374), and index.
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c2002.
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N781.62924/2
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74Vv4vbBWzDO
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ISBN
1556524455 :
9781556524455 (hardback : alk. paper)
1556524455 (hardback : alk. paper)
9781556524455 :
DDC
781.62924
MMS ID
991015418769702626
