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Funny, It Doesn't Sound Jewish: How Yiddish Songs and Synagogue Melodies Influenced Tin Pan Alley, Broadway, and Hollywood » (1st Edition)

Authors: Jack Gottlieb
ISBN-13: 9780844411309, ISBN-10: 0844411302
Format: Other Format
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Date Published: July 2004
Edition: 1st Edition

Documents the influence of Jewish music on American popular song.

Ch. 1	Slices of history	12
Ch. 2	The lullaby of Brody : childhood experiences	39
Ch. 3	Pathways of Americanization	54
Ch. 4	"Writes" of passage	74
Ch. 5	The wandering gypsy	88
Ch. 6	"Yingish" songs	101
Ch. 7	The mood of modes	122
Ch. 8	Bits and pieces	145
Ch. 9	Sons of cantors	154
Ch. 10	Symbols of faith in the music of Leonard Bernstein	178
Ch. 11	Porter's trunk	186
Ch. 12	Affinities between Jewish Americans and African Americans	193
Ch. 13	Afterword : society and musical politics	224
App. A	Composers, authors, and performers	236
App. B	"Yingish" song titles : a selective list	246
App. C	Musical example titles	259

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