American Klezmer its roots and offshoots (University of California Press, 2002)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-232) and index
American Klezmer: a brief history / Hankus Netsky -- Klezmer-Ioshn: the language of Jewish folk musicians / Robert A. Rothstein -- Di Rushishe progresiv Muzikal Yunyoun No. 1 fun Americke : the first Klezemer Union in America / James Leoffler -- The Klezmer in Jewish Philadelphia, 1915-70 / Hankus Netsky -- "All my life a musician": Ben Bazyler, a European Klezmer in America / Michael Alpert -- Bulgărescă, Bulgarish, Bulgar: the transformation of the Klezmer dance genre / Walter Zec Feldman -- Sounds and sensibility / Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett -- KlezKamp and the rise of Yiddish cultural literacy / Henry Sapoznik -- Newish, not Jewish: a tale of two bands / Marion Jacobson -- An insider's view: how we traveled from obscurity to the Klezmer establishment in twenty years / Frank London -- Why we do this anyway: Klezmer as Jewish youth subculture / Alicia Svigals
The essays collected in this volume investigate American klezmer: its roots, its evolution, and its spirited revitalization. The contributors include every kind of authority on the subject and they offer a wide range of perspectives on the musical, social, and cultural history of klezmer in American life