Yiddish-speaking Jewish immigrants brought a rich heritage of musical expression to the United States. On Manhattan's Lower East Side, a thriving Yiddish theater scene developed, and a new, distinctly Jewish American songcraft began to emerge. Mark Slobin's ethnographic study of the music and culture of the time traces the development of Yiddish popular song in America, delving into melodies, sheet music, and printers' iconography to bring alive a time and place that, while almost forgotten, still exercises an enormous effect on American popular culture.
- ISBN10 0252008936
- ISBN13 9780252008931
- Publish Date 1 October 1990
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 4 November 2003
- Publish Country US
- Imprint University of Illinois Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 264
- Language English