Title New York klezmer in the early twentieth century : the music of Naftule Brandwein and Dave Tarras / Joel E. Rubin

Published Rochester, NY : University of Rochester Press ; Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK : Boydell & Brewer Limited, 2020

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Description 1 online resource (484 pages) Series Eastman/Rochester Studies in Ethnomusicology ; v. 9 Eastman/Rochester studies in ethnomusicology ; v. 9. Contents Introduction: "If you called me a klezmer thirty-five years ago ... "; A Wedding in Town Was Like a Holiday: A Short History of Klezmorim in Europe; Life Began with the Lower East Side: Changing Meanings, Changing Contexts; A Kind of "Ethnomusicological Archive": Commercial 78-rpm Recordings of Klezmer Music; A Single Field Irrespective of Origin: Polymusicality and Language, Aesthetics, Classification, and Transcription; "What mattered was what's happening with the tune": Modality and Compositional Processes; "The little things that they do": Ornaments and Performance Practice Techniques; "The newest bulgar out that everyone played": New York Klezmer Post-1929; Glossary of Terms; Notes; Bibliography Summary The music of clarinetists Naftule Brandwein and Dave Tarras is iconic of American klezmer music. Their legacy has had an enduring impact on the development of the popular world music genre Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 27, 2020) Subject Brandwein, Naftule, 1889-1963 -- Criticism and interpretation Tarras, Dave, 1897-1989 -- Criticism and interpretation SUBJECT Brandwein, Naftule, 1889-1963 fast Tarras, Dave, 1897-1989 fast Subject Klezmer music -- United States -- History -- 20th century Klezmer music -- New York (State) -- New York -- History and criticism Jews -- Music -- History and criticism. Jewish studies. RELIGION -- Judaism -- General. HISTORY -- United States -- 20th century. Jews -- Music Klezmer music New York (State) -- New York United States Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781787448315 1787448312

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