And Now We're All Brothers Singing in Yiddish in Contemporary North America |
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Author:
| Wood, Abigail |
Series title: | SOAS Musicology Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-1-4094-7303-9 |
Publication Date: | Jun 2013 |
Publisher: | Ashgate Publishing Company
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Book Format: | Ebook |
List Price: | USD $104.95 |
Book Description:
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The last quarter of the twentieth century and the early years of the twenty-first saw a steady stream of new songbook publications and recordings in Yiddish - newly composed songs, well-known singers performing nostalgic favourites, American popular songs translated into Yiddish, theatre songs, and even a couple of forays into Yiddish hip hop; musicians meanwhile engaged with discourses of musical revival, post-Holocaust cultural politics, the transformation of language use, radical...
More DescriptionThe last quarter of the twentieth century and the early years of the twenty-first saw a steady stream of new songbook publications and recordings in Yiddish - newly composed songs, well-known singers performing nostalgic favourites, American popular songs translated into Yiddish, theatre songs, and even a couple of forays into Yiddish hip hop; musicians meanwhile engaged with discourses of musical revival, post-Holocaust cultural politics, the transformation of language use, radical alterity and a new generation of American Jewish identities. This book explores how Yiddish song became such a potent medium for musical and ideological creativity at the twilight of the twentieth century.