Sounding Jewish in Berlin : klezmer music and the contemporary city / Phil Alexander.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Alexander, Phil, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jews--Germany--Berlin--Music--History and criticism.

Jews.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (358 pages) : illustrations (black and white).

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : Oxford University Press, [2021]

Summary:

This text explores in lively detail the music, musical networks, and performance spaces of the contemporary Berlin klezmer and Yiddish music scene. It chronicles an avowedly international group of musicians (Jewish and non-Jewish) who collectively represent an important new transnational voice for this traditional Eastern European Jewish music. Through the words and music of the performers, the author reveals a rich and constantly developing scene that has embedded itself in the contemporary city in creative, diverse, and sometimes confrontational ways.

Contents:

Why Berlin? Why klezmer?

The Music in Berlin : Musical Networks

The Music in Berlin : Spaces and Places

Placing Berlin in the music

Sounding Jewish in Berlin

Curating the Tradition : Dissemination, Learning, and Responsibility

Performing Berlin : the silence of the city (Postlude)

Conclusion.

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2021.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-19-006445-5

0-19-006446-3

0-19-006444-7