American Klezmer: Its Roots and Offshoots

by Mark Slobin

Book Overview

Klezmer, the Yiddish word for a folk instrumental musician, has come to mean a person, a style, and a scene. This musical subculture came to the United States with the late-nineteenth-century Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe. Although it had declined in popularity by the middle of the twentieth century, this lively music is now enjoying recognition among music fans of all stripes. Today, klezmer flourishes in the United States and abroad...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520227182
• ISBN13: 9780520227187
• Release Date: December 2001
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.0"