Jewish Instrumental Folk Music: The Collections and Writings of Moshe Beregovski

by Slobin, Mark; Rothstein, Robert A.; Alpert, Michael; Zemtsovsky, Izaly

• ISBN13: 9780815606918
• ISBN10: 0815606915
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-09-01
• Publisher: Syracuse Univ Pr

Summary

A unique and unparalleled collection of klezmer music that contributes to our understanding of a musical and cultural movement that have become widely appreciated and emulated across the world today.

Table of Contents

Illustrations	vii
Foreword	ix
Izaly Zemtsovsky
Editor's Note	xvii
Jewish Instrumental Folk Music	3	(46)
Introduction	3	(2)
Instrumental Music as a Component of Jewish Folklore	5	(5)
Characteristics of Klezmer Music	10	(5)
Modes	15	(5)
Characteristics of Klezmer Interpretation	20	(1)
Klezmorim in the Nineteenth Century	21	(9)
How Klezmorim Learned to Play	30	(2)
A Klezmer Personality of the Last Quarter of the Nineteenth Century	32	(3)
Amateur Musicians in Jewish Life	35	(14)
Appendixes
A. Performers, Time and Place of Recordings, and Original Pitches	39	(6)
B. Transcriptions and Transcribers	45	(2)
C. Discography of Beregovski Tunes Appearing on 78 rpm Recordings	47	(2)
Notes	49	(12)
Works Cited by Beregovski	61	(2)
Works Cited by the Editors	63	(2)
Music Selections	65	(162)
Extended Musical Selections	227	(22)
Short Inventory of Opening Phrases	249	(12)
Compact Disc Contents and Program Notes	261