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Funny, it doesn't sound Jewish : how Yiddish songs and synagogue melodies influenced Tin Pan Alley, Broadway, and Hollywood

Title: Funny, it doesn't sound Jewish : how Yiddish songs and synagogue melodies influenced Tin Pan Alley, Broadway, and Hollywood / Jack Gottlieb.
Author: Gottlieb, Jack.
Publication: Albany, N.Y. : State University of New York in association with the Library of Congress, ©2004.

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Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Text	Request in advance	JMF 05-532	Offsite
Request for On-site Use Request Scan How do I pick up this item and when will it be ready?	Text	Request in advance	*PVO 10-823 [CD]	Offsite
Request for On-site Use Request Scan Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.	Text	Use in library	*PVO 10-823 [Book]	Schwarzman Building - Dorot Jewish Division Room 111
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Text	Use in library	*LDC 26300	Performing Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

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Description

xxi, 306 pages : illustrations, music; 30 cm +

Series Statement

SUNY series in modern Jewish literature and culture

Uniform Title

SUNY series in modern Jewish literature and culture.

Subject

Note

Sound disc contains: musical examples.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-276) and index.

Contents

Slices of history -- The lullaby of Brody : childhood experiences -- Pathways of Americanization -- "Writes" of passage -- The wandering gypsy -- Yingish songs -- Song Sheets International proudly presents The story of Becky from Babylon -- The mood of modes -- Bits and pieces -- Sons of cantors -- Symbols of faith in the music of Leonard Bernstein -- Porter's trunk -- Affinities between Jewish Americans and African Americans -- Afterword : Society and musical politics -- Photo gallery of Yiddish songwriters and poets -- Appendixes.

Call Number

JMF 05-532

ISBN

0844411302
9780844411309
0844411051
9780844411057

LCCN

2003044257

OCLC

52963095

Author

Gottlieb, Jack.

Title

Funny, it doesn't sound Jewish : how Yiddish songs and synagogue melodies influenced Tin Pan Alley, Broadway, and Hollywood / Jack Gottlieb.

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Type of Content

text

performed music

Type of Medium

unmediated

audio

Type of Carrier

volume

audio disc

Series

SUNY series in modern Jewish literature and culture

SUNY series in modern Jewish literature and culture.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-276) and index.

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JMF 05-532 [Text]

*LDC 26300 [CD]

*PVO 10-823

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