New York Klezmer

Naftule Brandwein playing clarinet
Dave Tarras playing clarinet

New York Klezmer in the Early Twentieth Century:
The Music of Naftule Brandwein and Dave Tarras


by Joel E. Rubin
(University of Rochester Press, Eastman/Rochester Studies in Ethnomusicology, 2020).

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Naftule Brandwein playing clarinet
Dave Tarras playing clarinet

New York Klezmer in the Early Twentieth Century:
The Music of Naftule Brandwein and Dave Tarras


by Joel E. Rubin
(University of Rochester Press, Eastman/Rochester Studies in Ethnomusicology, 2020).

Resources:

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Appendices

Transcriptions

(As listed in tables 4.2a and b, pp. 114-18) that support the musical examples contained within chapters 5–6.

Recordings

✽ The recordings presented here are for reference purposes only. Higher quality versions of most of these recorded performances may be found in the following publications and websites:

  • Abe Schwartz, The Klezmer King (Sony Legacy CK 86321, 2002).
  • Dartmouth Jewish Sound Archive, (requires permission).
  • Dave Tarras: Yiddish-American Klezmer Music 1925–1956 (Yazoo Records CD 7001, 1991).
  • Dave Tarras‎; Master Of Klezmer Music Volume One, Original Recordings 1929–1949 (Global Village 105, 1989).
  • Early Dave Tarras and Shloimke Beckerman, Second Edition, Revised August, 2012.
  • Klezmer Music: Early Yiddish Instrumental Music (The First Recordings: 1910-1927), from the collection of Dr. Martin Schwartz (Folklyric Records CD 7034, 1983).
  • Klezmer Music 1910–1942: Recordings from the YIVO Archives (Ethnic Folkways [now Smithsonian Folkways] FSS 34021, 1981).
  • Klezmer Pioneers: European and American Recordings 1905-1952 (Rounder Records CD 1089, 1993).
  • Mayrent Collection of Yiddish Recordings.
  • Naftule Brandwein: King of the Klezmer Clarinet (Rounder Records CD 1127, 1997).
  • Naftule Brandwein: Complete Solo Recordings Volume 2. Supplement to Rounder CD 1127.
  • Oytsres (Treasures): Klezmer Music 1908–1996 (Schott Wergo CD SM 1621-2, 1999).
  • Recorded Sound Archive of the FAU Libraries, (requires permission).
  • Yikhes (Lineage/Stammbaum): Early Klezmer Recordings 1911–1939 from the Collection of Prof. Martin Schwartz (Trikont Verlag CD US-0179, 1991/1995).

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