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Tenement Songs: The Popular Music of the Jewish Immigrants (Music in American Life) [Paperback]

Mark Slobin (Author)

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"An important and highly readable account of the formation and function of a little studied aspect of American popular culture." -- Christopher J. Rolfe, Journal of American Studies. "Contains a wealth of fascinating detail." -- Journal of American Ethnic History

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Paperback: 256 pages
Publisher: University of Illinois Press (January 1, 1996)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 025206562X
ISBN-13: 978-0252065620
Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.7 inches
Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #659,655 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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The time is the mid-1890s. Read the first page

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yidishe momme, gey vayter, immigrant music, goldene medine, orphan song, immigrant era, immigrant period, music repertoire, swing days, rpm recording, parlor piano

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New York, Hebrew Publishing, Eastern Europe, Lower East Side, David's Violin, World War, Kol Nidre, Ellis Island, The Jazz Singer, United States, Miss Meisel, Sholom Aleichem, American Jewry, American Jews, American Yiddish, Irving Berlin, Tin Pan Alley, Boris Thomashefsky, Irving Howe, Jake Wolf, Jews Without Money, Morris Rosenfeld, Russian Revolution, Civil War, Czar Nicholas

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This book cites 34 books:

Jews Without Money: A Novel by Michael Gold on page 103, page 110, and page 114
Life is With People: The Culture of the Shtetl by Mark Zborowski on page 11, page 30, and Back Matter
A Bintel Brief: 2 by Isaac Metzker on page 163
World of Our Fathers (Touchstone Book) by Irving Howe on page 97
American West by Rh Value Publishing in Back Matter

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A Right to Sing the Blues: African Americans, Jews, and American Popular Song by Jeffrey Melnick in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
In Their Own Image: New York Jews in Jazz Age Popular Culture by Ted Merwin in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
Virtually Jewish: Reinventing Jewish Culture in Europe by Ruth Ellen Gruber in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
Of Moses and Marx by David P. Shuldiner in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
Jazz Age Jews by Michael Alexander in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)

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