Re: International Jewish Music survey recordings

[Alex Lubet <lubet001...>]

>Chevra:
>
>Can people weigh in with opinions on good survey recordings that 
>cover the music of the etended) Diaspora? Either LP or more modern 
>formats, with a sentence or two about their merits?
>
>Thanks in advance,
>
>Joel
>
>
>Joel Bresler
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>
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>

Not exactly a survey, but Mark Slobin's new book, Fiddler on the Move 
(Oxford), about the klezmer revival, comes with a really interesting 
cd of three pieces, each in multiple renditions from 1920 to the 
present.  They are analyzed in an essay.  Highly recommended, as is 
the rest of the book.

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Adjunct Professor of American Studies
University of Minnesota
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