Tenement Songs: The Popular Music of the Jewish Immigrants (Music in American Life) - Softcover

Slobin, Mark

Softcover

ISBN 10: 025206562X ISBN 13: 9780252065620

Publisher: University of Illinois Press, 1996

Synopsis

"An excellent addition to . . . ethnomusicological studies of nontraditional music in America."
-- Choice
"A well-deserved look at the musical world of immigrant Jews, who, in finding and creating an expressive medium for self-identity, helped shape and give life to American popular culture."
-- Ethnomusicology
"Employing the tools of the ethnomusicologist and the social historian, Slobin has produced an important and highly readable account of the formation and function of a little-studied aspect of American popular culture."
-- Journal of American Studies
 

About this title

About the Author:

Mark Slobin is Professor of Music at Wesleyan University and author of several books on Jewish and Central European music, including "Tenement Songs: Popular Music of the Jewish Immigrants" (1992) and "Exploring the Klezmer World" (2000).

Review:

"An important and highly readable account of the formation and function of a little studied aspect of American popular culture." -- Christopher J. Rolfe, Journal of American Studies. "Contains a wealth of fascinating detail." -- Journal of American Ethnic History

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 025206562X
• ISBN 13: 9780252065620
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256