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Title: The Essential Klezmer: A Music Lover's Guide to Jewish Roots and Soul Music, from the Old World to the Jazz Age to the Downtown Avant Garde by Seth Rogovoy ISBN: 1-56512-244-5 Publisher: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill Pub. Date: 12 May, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (5 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: The one to buy!
Comment: I'm not entirely unbiased -- Seth has generously praised my most recent book -- but as someone who writes on Jewish music regularly for several papers, I can honestly say that this is the book on klezmer to start with. Seth's ecumenical, eclectic taste and balanced view of the current scene make him a superb tour guide for either a first-time visitor or an old klezmer hand. As a working music journalist, he has interviewed all the key figures in this music -- even the notoriously reclusive John Zorn -- and clearly he has asked the right questions, because his chapters on recent music are insightful and zesty. And the book's lengthy critical discography makes it an indispensable guide for the listener and record buyer.
Rating: 5
Summary: Klezmer in a cultural context - and much more!
Comment: The author does a great job of putting the technical and artistic components of Klezmer music into an historical and cultural context and following its evolution within that context, as well as independent of it. He does it in a way that is both entertaining and scholarly without being ponderous. The discography is an invaluable resource.
Rating: 5
Summary: Spot-on klezmer music heads-up!
Comment: Having helped kick-start the klezmer revival, I'm delighted to see for the first time a book that gets the story right. Seth Rogovoy's readable account brings to life the personalities, bands, and stylistic experiments that shaped -- and continue to shape -- this hip, passionate, influential genre. Rich in detail yet down to earth, "The Essential Klezmer" will appeal, I think, to both the novice and the aficionado. The discography alone makes this slim volume indispensible; it should be required reading in any college course about klezmer music. (Disclosure: I was interviewed for the book, but didn't see the manuscript until publication.)
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Title: The Compleat Klezmer by Henry Sapoznik, Pete Sokolow ISBN: 0933676107 Publisher: Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation Pub. Date: 01 June, 1987 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Klezmer!: Jewish Music from Old World to Our World by Henry Sapoznik ISBN: 0825671914 Publisher: Schirmer Books Pub. Date: 01 December, 1999 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title:Tanz With Dave Tarras & The Musikr Brothers ASIN: B00006640F Publisher: Sony Pub. Date: 30 April, 2002 List Price(USD): $11.98 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $11.98 |
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Title: American Klezmer: Its Roots and Offshoots by Mark Slobin, Klezmer Research Conference 1996 Wesleyan University) ISBN: 0520227182 Publisher: University of California Press Pub. Date: 03 December, 2001 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: The Book of Klezmer: The History, The Music, The Folklore by Yale Strom ISBN: 1556524455 Publisher: Chicago Review Press Pub. Date: 01 August, 2002 List Price(USD): $28.00 |
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