Old Jewish Folk Music: The Collections and Writings of Moshe Beregovski (Judaic Traditions in Literature) (Paperback)

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Old Jewish Folk Music: The Collections and Writings of Moshe Beregovski (Judaic Traditions in Literature) (Paperback)

By Mark Slobin (Editor), Mark Slobin (Translator)

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Here, translated into English for the first time, is a cultur-al record of the folk music of Eastern Europe. This volume consists of some of Ethnomusicologist Moshe Beregovski's responses to Jewish folk music in its living context during the 1930s, including essays on Ukrainian musical influences, klezmer music, and characteristic scale patterns. Also included are Beregovski's anthologies of hundreds of folk songs with full Yiddish and English song texts. Each song is carefully notated exactly as it was sung and is accompanied by Beregovski's notes on origins and variants.
Mark Slobin is professor of music at Wesleyan University. He is the author of Tenement Songs: The Popular Music of the Jewish Immigrants and Chosen Voices: The Story of the American Cantorate.
Product Details ISBN: 9780815628682
ISBN-10: 0815628684
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Publication Date: October 1st, 2000
Pages: 598
Language: English
Series: Judaic Traditions in Literature