"Klezmer! Jewish Music From Old World to Our World" Book and CD

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Shanachie Records proudly announces the release of "Klezmer! Jewish Music 
>From Old World to Our World" (Yazoo 7017)the companion CD for Henry 
Sapoznik's Schirmer book of the same name. Containing 22 meticulously 
remastered tracks from 1912 to the present -- some never before reissued -- 
the new anthology, like the book upon which it is based, traces the rise and 
development of Yiddish music from its European roots to its current 
international renewal. Recordings include the orchestras of Abe Elenkrig, Abe 
Schwartz and Alexander Olshanetsky, clarinet greats Naftule Brandwein and 
Dave Tarras and contemporary bands such as The Klezmatics, Andy Statman and 
Zev Feldman, Kapelye and Boiled in Lead. 



About the book:


Klezmer music, the ebullient, centuries-old soundtrack of Eastern European 
Jewry, sidestepped oblivion to become mainstream, and Klezmer! Jewish Music 
from Old World to Our World is the first American telling of the tale. 
Tracing its route from the small towns of Germany, Poland, and Russia to the 
Golden Age of New York?s Second Avenue to the genre?s now-burgeoning global 
popularity, author Henry Sapoznik presents the story of klezmer within the 
larger framework of Yiddish and American popular culture and music. Through 
an examination of theater, recordings, film, radio, and the depiction of Jews 
in vaudeville and Hollywood, readers are introduced to the colorful 
characters who shaped klezmer in its early years and to the surprisingly 
diverse group of men and women carrying it on into the next century.
Sapoznik's seminal place in klezmer?s rebirth makes for paramount 
play-by-play, illustrated by 63 rare photographs. Simultaneously personal and 
historical, Klezmer! Jewish Music from Old World to Our World celebrates the 
most dramatic comeback in the history of music. 

ISBN: 0-0-2864574
Hardcover 341 pps
$29.95
CD: $15.00


The book is available online at http://www.amazon.com and http://www.bn.com 
or, for an autographed copy, directly from the author at sapoznik (at) 
aol(dot)com(dot) 


Henry Sapoznik

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