Klezmer : music, history and memory /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Feldman, Zev
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2016]
Subjects:	Klezmer music > History and criticism. Jews > Music > History and criticism. Jews > Music. Klezmer music. Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Table of Contents:

Part 1. The klezmer profession: social and artistic function. The music of the klezmer within East Ashkenazic music
What's in a name?: the word klezmer and Jewish professional musicians
The klezmer ensemble
The role of Russia in the study of klezmer music
The Jewish wedding and its musical repertoire
East European Jewish dance
Part 2. Genre and style in klezmer music. The genres and repertoires of klezmer music
Moralishe niggunim: the musical genres of the wedding
Rhythmic melody among the Ashkenazim: nign and zmires
Old European components in the core repertoire
The sher: history and choreography
North and South in lezmer music: Northern redl and Southern freylekhs
Skotshne and freylekhs
The khosidl at the interface of mystical and secular expression
The bulgar: a transnational klezmer dance genre
Postlude: a lezmer legacy
Appendix 1: Overview of modal usage in klezmer music.