Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. List of Abbreviations xiii
5. Note on Orthography and Transliteration xv
6. About the Companion Website xvii
7. Introduction: “If You Called Me A Klezmer Thirty-Five Years Ago . . .” 1
8. 1 A Wedding in Town Was Like a Holiday: A Short History of Klezmorim in Europe 14
9. 2 Klezmer in New York: Changing Meanings, Changing Contexts 34
10. 3 A Kind of “Ethnomusicological Archive”: Commercial 78-rpm Recordings of Klezmer Music 87
11. 4 A Single Field Irrespective of Origin: Polymusicality and Language, Aesthetics, Classification, and Transcription 102
12. 5 “What Mattered Was What’s Happening with the Tune”: Modality and Compositional Processes 122
13. 6 “The Little Things That They Do”: Ornaments and Performance Practice Techniques 175
14. 7 “The Newest Bulgar Out That Everyone Played”: New York Klezmer after 1929 260
15. Glossary 283
16. Notes 289
17. Bibliography 395
18. Index 435