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

hardcover – October 1, 1990
by Slobin, Mark
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ISBN-13: 9780252008931 ISBN-10: 0252008936
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Binding
hardcover
Published
October 1, 1990
Weight
1.6 lbs
Dimensions
0.00×0.00×0.00 cm

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Tenement Songs: The Popular Music of the Jewish Immigrants (Music in American Life) by Slobin, Mark. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780252008931.

Yiddish-speaking Jewish immigrants brought a rich heritage of musical expression to the United States. On Manhattans Lower East Side, a thriving Yiddish theater scene developed, and a new, distinctly Jewish American songcraft began to emerge. Mark Slobins 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.