An invaluable up-to-date guide to Jewish involvement in the world of music. Includes over one hundred major biographies and hundreds of thumbnail sketches that focus on the careers and personal lives of the selected artists. Through these biographies, which include listings of the major works of each subject, we begin to see the impact that Jews as a group have had on the music world at large. Features such diverse talents as Leonard Bernstein, Vladimir Horowitz, Itzhak Perlman, Richard Rodgers, and Barbra Streisand. With black-and-white photographs.
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"The best sourcebook available on the subject." -- The Jewish Journal
The best sourcebook available on the subject. -- The Jewish Journal
The best sourcebook available on the subject. -- The Jewish Journal
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Darryl Lyman is the author of Dictionary of Animals Words and Phrases; Civil War Quotations; and Civil War Wordbook, which was nominated for the prestigious Lincoln Prize at Gettysburg College. His biographical works include Great Jews in the Performing Arts, Great Jewish Families, Jewish Heroes and Heroines: Their Unique Achievements, Great African-American Women, and Great Jews in Music. Mr. Lyman has contributed film reviews to Magills Cinema Annual and coedited Fifty Golden Years of Oscar, the Official History of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. He resides in Moreno Valley, California.
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This book is great for finding people you never thought to be Jewish. Bib Dylan isa perfect example but there are many more.
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