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1 online resource (xvi, 381 pages) : illustrations |
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From King David to Duvid the Klezmer -- From the Enlightenment to the Holocaust -- Klezmer in the new world: 1880-1960 -- From Zev to Zorn: the masters of culture -- Klezmer memories in the memorial books -- Klezmer slang -- Klezmer tunes |
| 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 klezmorim (klezmer players) were murdered in the Holocaust; in the last 25 years, however, klezmer has been reborn, with dozens of groups, often mixing klezmer with jazz or rock, gaining large followings throughout the world. The Book of Klezmer traces the |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 363-369), discography (p. 371-374) , and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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| Subject |
Klezmer music -- History and criticism
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Jews -- Music -- History and criticism.
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Jews -- Music -- History and criticism
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MUSIC -- Ethnic.
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MUSIC -- Genres & Styles -- Folk & Traditional.
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Jews -- Music.
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Klezmer music.
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Klezmer
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Volksmuziek.
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Joden.
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781613741375 |
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1613741375 |
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9781613741399 |
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1613741391 |
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