Reviving, Continuing, and Transforming: Stylistically Varied Approaches to Klezmer in the Late Twentieth and Early Twenty-First Centuries
| dc.creator | Benjamin Ryer | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-01-25T19:19:15Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-01-25T19:19:15Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2020 | |
| dc.description.abstract | “Klezmer” is the term commonly used today to refer to music Jewish music from Eastern Europe and is often associated with the Yiddish language and Ashkenazi Jews. Since the 1970s a renewed interest in klezmer has led musicians, both Jewish and non-Jewish, to explore this style with its hallmark modal melodies and rhythmic patterns, and to interpret it through their own individual cultural lenses. These varied interpretations of klezmer nonetheless share a certain set of characteristics, from melodic and harmonic tendencies to a core repertoire which has persisted since the beginning of the twentieth century. This dissertation examines how these characteristics can be applied to construct a defined klezmer style while at the same time outlining differing approaches in late twentieth and early twenty-first century klezmer performances. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1920/12428 | |
| dc.title | Reviving, Continuing, and Transforming: Stylistically Varied Approaches to Klezmer in the Late Twentieth and Early Twenty-First Centuries | |
| thesis.degree.discipline | Music | |
| thesis.degree.grantor | George Mason University | |
| thesis.degree.level | D.M.A. |
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