| Contents |
"In the beginning": the European roots of Klezmer music -- "Lebn Zol Columbus": Yiddish music in the New World -- The golden age of Yiddish popular music -- Yiddish melodies in swing: 1930s-1940s -- "Twistin' the Freilachs" -- From the Catskill Mountains to the Blue Ridge Mountains (and back!) -- Future and past and future -- The emperor's new klez: the future for a music with a past -- The sound heard 'round the world -- Appendix I. Modes and scales ; Appendix II. Tants nit, Yidelekh: Dance music with no dancers -- Glossary. |
| Abstract |
This is the story of survival against the odds, of a musical legacy so potent it can still be heard dispite assimilation and near annihilation. The scratchy, distant sound of the early recordings discovered and studied by Henry Sapoznik have formed a soundtrack for an entirely new generation of performers. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-313) and index. |
| LCCN | 99031627 |
| ISBN | 002864574X |
