| 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. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 391-403) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2016009396 |
| ISBN | 9780190244514 hardcover ; alkaline paper |
| ISBN | oxford scholarly electronic book |
| ISBN | companion welectronic booksite |
