Funny, it doesn't sound Jewish : how Yiddish songs and synagogue melodies influenced Tin Pan Alley, Broadway, and Hollywood / Jack Gottlieb.
| Author/creator | Gottlieb, Jack |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Albany, N.Y. : State University of New York in association with the Library of Congress, ©2004. |
| Description | xxi, 306 pages : illustrations ; 30 cm + 1 audio disc (digital ; 4 3/4 in.) |
| Subjects |
| Series | SUNY series in modern Jewish literature and culture SUNY series in modern Jewish literature and culture. ^A226051 |
| Contents | Slices of history -- The lullaby of Brody: childhood experiences -- Pathways of Americanization -- "Writes" of passage -- The wandering gypsy -- Yingish songs -- Song Sheets International proudly presents The story of Becky from Babylon -- The mood of modes -- Bits and pieces -- Sons of cantors -- Symbols of faith in the music of Leonard Bernstein -- Porter's trunk -- Affinities between Jewish Americans and African Americans -- Afterword: Society and musical politics -- Photo gallery of Yiddish songwriters and poets -- Appendixes. |
| Abstract | This book chronicles how Jewish songwriters and composers transformed the popular music of mid-twentieth-century America. Although many critics, historians, and musicians have alluded to the Jewish influence on American popular song, this is the first book to support such assertions with comprehensive musical examples. Drawing on a variety of historical and archival sources, as well as his own experiences as a composer of synagogue, popular, and concert music, the author carefully and compellingly documents how a minority culture infused a majority culture, enriched it, and still retained its own identity. He does this with the support of a companion CD that includes previously unrecorded songs as well as some surprising rarities performed by the likes of Judy Garland, Billie Holiday, and Leonard Bernstein. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-276) and index. |
| LCCN | 2003044257 |
| ISBN | 0844411302 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Music | Music Media - Ask at Circulation Desk | CD-7915 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |
| Music | Music Stacks | ML3776 .G65 2004 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |