Fiddler on the Move Exploring the Klezmer WorldBook and CD |
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Author:
| Slobin, Mark |
Series title: | American Musicspheres Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-19-516180-9 |
Publication Date: | Feb 2003 |
Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $44.99 |
Book Description:
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Contemporary klezmer music is a rapidly expanding revival of repertories and styles used by old-time professional musical entertainers in Jewish Eastern Europe. Fiddler on the Move, a volume in the American Musicspheres series edited by Mark Slobin, is an attempt to position klezmer within American music studies, cultural studies, and ethnomusicology. Rather than present a chronology or a comprehensive survey, the author suggests how a variety of methods of research and angles of...
More DescriptionContemporary klezmer music is a rapidly expanding revival of repertories and styles used by old-time professional musical entertainers in Jewish Eastern Europe. Fiddler on the Move, a volume in the American Musicspheres series edited by Mark Slobin, is an attempt to position klezmer within American music studies, cultural studies, and ethnomusicology. Rather than present a chronology or a comprehensive survey, the author suggests how a variety of methods of research and angles of vision can help make sense of the higly diverse activities found under the klezmer umbrella. This book is accompanied by a CD of recorded examples.