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James Loeffler
… Ph.D. Columbia University, (2006), Dissertation: 'The Most Musical Nation: Jews, Culture and Nationalism in the Late … Director, Vice-academic co-chair, Jewish Music Forum of the American Society for Jewish Music (New York); Research … Jewish composers; music in Yiddish culture; history of klezmer music in Eastern Europe and the United States. … …
The Klezmer Tradition in the Land of Israel
… This publication presents the klezmer repertoire that developed in Israel, especially in … discusses the stylistic characteristics and genres of this music in the past and in the present and clarifies the … between the Israeli klezmer tradition and its European and American counterparts. Examined also are the links with …

American Klezmer: Its Roots and Offshoots
… … Los Angeles … University of California Press … … 2002 … Klezmer music … Klezmer … Eastern Ashkenazi … Mark Slobin … American Klezmer: Its Roots and Offshoots …

Fiddler on the Move: Exploring the Klezmer World
… 'Klezmer' is a Yiddish word for professional folk … Stalin, and lost out to assimilation in America. Klezmer music is now experiencing a tremendous new spurt of interest … moved back across the Atlantic as a distinctly 'American' music, played throughout central and eastern …

David Finko: Russkij kompozitor v Amerike. [David Finko: A Russian composer in America.]
… at the Gosudarstvennaja Konservatorija. In the periodical “Musica Judaica” (RILM 19862709) he discussed his experiences … orchestral compositions, he has created a one-act opera, “Klezmers”, based on the Yiddish story “A klezmor toyt” by … interview, Finko also comments on the work of contemporary American composers. … 4 … 3 … Muzykal'naya Akademiya …

Bulgareasca/ Bulgarish/ Bulgar: the Transformation of a Klezmer Dance Genre
… Outline of the article: Klezmer music Classification of the Klezmer Genres Bulgareasca, … Europe … Bulgar … Classification … East … Genre … Klezmer … American … Bulgarish … American Klezmer Music … …

Yiddish song in contemporary North America
… Ph.D. dissertation (location at the Music Dept. of the Israeli National Library: JMB 2843) … 101 … UK … Cambridge University … … 2004 … Folk songs … History … Klezmer music … America … Yiddish … Literature … Ashkenaz … USA … Yiddish songs … Ashkenazi … Ashkenazim … Klezmer … American … Jewry … Eastern Ashkenazi … Abigail Wood … …

Old Jewish Folk Music: The Collections and Writings of Moshe Beregovski
… A pioneer American reprint of Beregovski’s music anthologies of Yiddish songs, klezmer tunes and Hassidic nigunnim coupled with translation …

From Shtetl to Swing
… immigrants, combined their Jewish heritage with the African-American Jazz style, and changed the cultural face of their … … 36414 … France / USA … Ideal Audiences, Paris … … 2005 … Klezmer musicians … Klezmer music … Klezmer … Documentary … Swing … …

Di Rusishe Progresiv Muzikal Yunyon No. 1 af Amerike: The First Klezmer Union in the United States
… Jewish life and Thought, 47:1. New York(1998), 29-40. … 2 … American Klezmer: Its Roots and Offshoots … American Klezmer: Its … University of California Press … … 2002 … History … Klezmer music … Yiddish … USA … Klezmer … Di Rusishe Progresiv …