The Book of Klezmer: The History, the Music, the Folklore
Book Description
Klezmer is Yiddish music, the music of the Jews of Europe and America, a music of laughter and tears, of weddings and festivals, of dancing and prayer. Born in the Middle Ages, it came of age in the shtetl (the Eastern European Jewish country town), where "a wedding without klezmer is worse than a funeral without tears." Most of the European klezmorim (klezmer players) were murdered in the Holocau... More
Book Information
Publisher | Chicago Review Press |
Binding | Paperback (6 editions) |
Reading Level | Uncategorized |
# of Pages | 400 |
ISBN-10 | 1613740638 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1613740637 |
Publication Date | 06/01/2011 |
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8/1/2007 Heidi Estrin said: Hear an interview with Yale Strom on The Book of Life podcast's August 2007 episode at www.jewishbooks.blogspot.com.
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