Funny, It Doesn't Sound Jewish: How Yiddish Songs and Synogogue Melodies Influenced Tin Pan Alley, Broadway and Hollywood

by Gottleib, Jack

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Book desription: Albany, NY: SUNY Press, 2004 Drawing on numerous musical examples and a variety of historical and archival sources, Gottlieb chronicles how Jewish immigrants transformed Yiddish folk and theater songs as well as synagogue modes and melodies into the music of pop, Broadway, and film. Includes audio CD. Part of the SUNY series in Modern Jewish Literature and Culture. 306 pp. Brand new, mint condition. Original shrink wrap.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.

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