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Funny, It Doesn't Sound Jewish: How Yiddish Songs and Synagogue Melodies Influenced Tin Pan Alley, Broadway , and Hollywood (Suny Series in Modern Jewish Literature and Culture)
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 781.64089924073
EAN: 9780844411309
ISBN: 0844411302
Label: State University of New York Press
Manufacturer: State University of New York Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 306
Publication Date: 2004-07
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Studio: State University of New York Press
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Documents the influence of Jewish music on American popular song.
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Rating: - Excellent reference - and fun!
A superb book - lots of fun - but digestible only in little bites. There is a lot of information in here!
Rating: - SO FUNNY :-)
This book is a must read - it was so entertaining and funny, I had pop comming out of my nose laughing! And my friends and I had a great time sitting around the piano playing and singing the composed musice enclosed! We even added a few lyrics of our own to the already hilarious lyrics ;-)
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Rating: - Learning, laughing and loving Gottlieb's book
If you share my growing concern at the musical cross-over tendencies in synagogue songs and how "un-Jewish" much of today's Jewish music sounds, you'll find a charming antidote in Dr. Jack Gottlieb's new and original coffee table book: Funny, It Doesn't Sound Jewish. Gottlieb's earnest musical detective comparisons and analyses invite us into joyfully playing the "sounds like" game. After we chuckle in consternation, at the Yiddish or liturgical roots of a pop song's pedigree, we marvel at the truism ... Read More
Rating: - You Don't Have to be Jewish ...
Over 30 years ago there was a famous ad campaign for a brand of "Jewish rye bread," showing an American Indian eating a deli sandwich, and the caption read, "You Don't have to be Jewish to Like Levy's Rye Bread."
With regard to this book, this was never so true. Anyone who love the "Great American Song Book" spanning the first half of the last century cannot afford to miss this book.
Especially remarkable is that it IS a scholarly book, complete with footnotes and bibliography, ... Read More
Rating: - The Definitive Book on Jewish Music
Don't be mislead by the title of this book. It isn't glib or lightweight--in fact, it's a brilliant analysis of the subconscious effect synagogue music and Yiddish song have had on our most beloved popular music. When I picked it up (out of curiosity) I found myself mesmerized and couldn't stop reading.
The book is peppered with musical examples that continually evoke "I never realized that song was related to that"! Gottlieb must have spent decades researching this and it seems unbelievably ... Read More
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