Phil Alexander

Sounding Jewish in Berlin

Klezmer Music and the Contemporary City

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book tells the story of Berlin's dynamic klezmer scene, tracing the ongoing dialogue between traditional Yiddish folk music and the creativity and modern urbanity of the German capital. It reveals how contemporary klezmer has become not only a product but also a producer of the city.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hurst & Co.
• Seitenzahl: 358
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Februar 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 168mm x 35mm
• Gewicht: 667g
• ISBN-13: 9780190064433
• ISBN-10: 0190064439
• Artikelnr.: 60179599

Autorenporträt

Phil Alexander is a British Academy Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Reid School of Music at the University of Edinburgh, where he researches Scottish-Jewish musical encounters. Besides klezmer music and urban space, his published research also explores Edinburgh salsa, Holocaust memorial silence, synagogue cantors in early twentieth-century Glasgow, and accordions.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Notes on Translation, Orthography, Interviews and Recordings
Chapter 1: Why Berlin? Why Klezmer?
Chapter 2: The Music in Berlin: Musical Networks
Chapter 3: The Music in Berlin: Spaces and Places
Chapter 4: Placing Berlin in the Music
Chapter 5: Sounding Jewish in Berlin
Chapter 6: Curating the Tradition: Dissemination, Learning, and Responsibility
Chapter 7: Performing Berlin: The Silence of the City (Postlude)
Chapter 8: Conclusion
Appendix 1: A Brief Overview of Klezmer Music
Appendix 2: Interview Information
Bibliography