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'klezmer' Is A Comprehensive Study Of The Musical Structure And Social History Of Klezmer Music - The Music Of Jewish Musicians' Guild Of Eastern Europe. Author Walter Zev Feldman Includes Major Written Sources, As Well As Interviews With European-born Klezmorim, Conducted Over A Period Of More Than Thirty Years. Including Musical Analysis, Feldman Draws Upon The Foundational Collections Of The Late Tsarist And Early Soviet Periods, Plus Rare Klezmer And Cantorial Manuscripts. Part 1. The Klezmer Profession: Social And Artistic Function. The Music Of The Klezmer Within East Ashkenazic Music -- What's In A Name?: The Word Klezmer And Jewish Professional Musicians -- The Klezmer Ensemble -- The Role Of Russia In The Study Of Klezmer Music -- The Jewish Wedding And Its Musical Repertoire -- East European Jewish Dance -- Part 2. Genre And Style In Klezmer Music. The Genres And Repertoires Of Klezmer Music -- Moralishe Niggunim: The Musical Genres Of The Wedding -- Rhythmic Melody Among The Ashkenazim: Nign And Zmires -- Old European Components In The Core Repertoire -- The Sher: History And Choreography -- North And South In Lezmer Music: Northern Redl And Southern Freylekhs -- Skotshne And Freylekhs -- The Khosidl At The Interface Of Mystical And Secular Expression -- The Bulgar: A Transnational Klezmer Dance Genre -- Postlude: A Lezmer Legacy -- Appendix 1: Overview Of Modal Usage In Klezmer Music. Walter Zev Feldman. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.