| Tenement Songs the Popular Music of the Jewish Immigrants Contributor(s): Slobin, Mark (Author) |
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ISBN: 025206562X ISBN-13: 9780252065620 Publisher: University of Illinois Press OUR PRICE: $28.71 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 1996 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Music | Religious - Jewish |
| Dewey: 784.500 |
| Series: Music in American Life |
| Physical Information: 0.74" H x 5.97" W x 8.99" (0.92 lbs) 256 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Yiddish-speaking Jewish immigrants brought a rich heritage of musical expression to the United States. On Manhattan's Lower East Side, a thriving Yiddish theater scene developed, and a new, distinctly Jewish American songcraft began to emerge. Mark Slobin's ethnographic study of the music and culture of the time traces the development of Yiddish popular song in America, delving into melodies, sheet music, and printers' iconography to bring alive a time and place that, while almost forgotten, still exercises an enormous effect on American popular culture. |