New York Klezmer in the Early Twentieth Century – The Music of Naftule Brandwein and Dave Tarras: Eastman/Rochester Studies Ethnomusicology

Introduction: "If you called me a klezmer thirty-five years ago..." A Wedding in Town Was Like a Holiday: A Short History of Klezmorim in Europe Life Began with the Lower East Side: Changing Meanings, Changing Contexts A Kind of "Ethnomusicological Archive": Commercial 78-rpm Recordings of Klezmer Music A Single Field Irrespective of Origin: Polymusicality and Language, Aesthetics, Classification, and Transcription "What mattered was what's happening with the tune": Modality and Compositional Processes "The little things that they do": Ornaments and Performance Practice Techniques "The newest bulgar out that everyone played": New York Klezmer Post-1929 Glossary of Terms Notes Bibliography