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Tenement Songs the Popular Music of the Jewish Immigrants
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Tenement Songs the Popular Music of the Jewish Immigrants Paperback - 1996

by Mark Slobin


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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.

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The time is the mid-1890s.

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  • Title Tenement Songs the Popular Music of the Jewish Immigrants
  • Author Mark Slobin
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition New Edition
  • Pages 256
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of Illinois Press, Illinois
  • Date January 1, 1996
  • ISBN 9780252065620 / 025206562X
  • Weight 0.92 lbs (0.42 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.99 x 5.97 x 0.74 in (22.83 x 15.16 x 1.88 cm)
  • Themes
    • Ethnic Orientation: Jewish
    • Religious Orientation: Jewish
  • Dewey Decimal Code 784.500

About the author

Mark Slobin is a professor emeritus of music at Wesleyan University. His books include Fiddler on the Move: Exploring the Klesmer World and Chosen Voices: The Story of the American Cantorate.
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