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The Book of Klezmer: the History, the Music, the Folklore from the 14th century to the 21st.(Book Review)
The book of Klezmer: The History, the Music, the Folklore from the 14th century to the 21st. By Yale Strom. Chicago: A Capella Books, 2002. [xvi, 381 p. ISBN 1-55652-445-5. $28.] Music examples, illustrations, glossary, bibliography, discography, index.
American Klezmer: Its Roots and Offshoots. Edited by Mark Slobin. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2002. [vi, 24,5 p. ISBN 0-520-22717-4. $49.95 (hbk.); ISBN 0-520-22718-2. $19.95 (pbk.).] Music examples, sources, index.
In the 1990s, while klezmer music asserted its place in the world music canon with an outpouring of bands, recordings, even hype, writing about the music was uneven and scanty. ...
- Fiddler on the Move: Exploring the Klezmer World.
- Magazine article from: American Jewish History Moore, MacDonald September 1, 2001 700+ words
By Mark Slobin. In the American Musicspheres series, edited by Mark Slobin. Includes CD. New York...Press, 2000. 154 pp. Mark Slobin's Fiddler on the Move explores the klezmer revival of the last two...
- Fiddler on the Move: Exploring the Klezmer World. (Book Reviews).
- Magazine article from: Notes Lubet, Alex December 1, 2001 700+ words
...Fiddler on the Move: Exploring the Klezmer World. By Mark Slobin. (American Musicspheres...examines the current revival of klezmer, Yiddish (mostly) instrumental...not a comprehensive survey of klezmer. Three recent books fill that...
- Klezmer musicians, aficionados converge on home of Pied Piper
- News wire article from: Jewish Telegraphic Agency Ruth E. Gruber November 8, 1995 700+ words
...Jewish Telegraphic Agency 11-08-1995 Klezmer musicians, aficionados converge on home...music filled the crisp, autumn air here: klezmer, the lively traditional music of Eastern...the scene of an intensive workshop in klezmer music and Yiddish culture. The workshop...
- Klezmer: Revival of the Traditionalists; The Jewish Music Is Hip Again, and...
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Post Tim Page June 9, 1996 700+ words
...says Michael Alpert, music director of the klezmer ensemble Brave Old World, "the klezmer revival really grew out of the counterculture...for our roots, and a lot of us found them in klezmer music." Indeed they did, to the point where...
- Klezmer's Encore // It's Great Party Music - and You Can Dance to It
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times CARL SCHOETTLER December 31, 1995 700+ words
BALTIMORE Klezmer, the traditional wedding music of East...wife, Irene, are dancing to the Machaya Klezmer Band at the Holiday Inn in Chevy Chase...She dances." Irene Auvil remembers klezmer from the Jewish weddings of her childhood...
- KLEZMER AND JAZZ COME TOGETHER TO GROW NEW BRANCH ON OLD...
- Newspaper article from: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO) Provizer, Norman June 13, 1996 700+ words
...Provizer Rocky Mountain News Jazz Critic Klezmer is the traditional Jewish folk music of...you can get a taste of modern-day klezmer when violinist Yale Strom and his group...the name of the band implies, this is klezmer with a jazz twist. Speaking from his...
- Taking klezmer to extremes.(Entertainment)(To David Krakauer, it seems...
- Newspaper article from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR) December 9, 2005 700+ words
...Carolyn Lamberson The Register-Guard Klezmer is a musical style borne of Eastern Europe...cauldron of musical styles when his band, Klezmer Madness!, and Jewish hip-hop DJ Socalled...think that shows on stage.' Not just klezmer with a new beat The resulting music is...
- BLUEGRASS, KLEZMER SHARE COMMON GROUND.(DAILY BREAK)
- Newspaper article from: The Virginian Pilot May 4, 2004 700+ words
...moaning voice of a man who misses home. In klezmer, a wavering melody on the clarinet blends...a single band - Margo Leverett and the Klezmer Mountain Boys. The group performs at...bluegrass music," Leverett said, "all my klezmer fans go, 'Why bluegrass?' And all...
