Fiddler on the Move: Exploring the Klezmer Worldbook & CD

by Mark Slobin

Book Overview

"Klezmer" is a Yiddish word for professional folk instrumentalist-the flutist, fiddler, and bass player that made brides weep and guests dance at weddings throughout Jewish eastern Europe before the culture was destroyed in the Holocaust, silenced under Stalin, and lost out to assimilation in America. Klezmer music is now experiencing a tremendous new spurt of interest worldwide with both Jews and non-Jews recreating this restless volatile, and vibrant...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195161807
• ISBN13: 9780195161809
• Release Date: February 2003
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.3"