translated and edited by Mark Slobin, Robert A. Rothstein, and Michael Alpert ; annotations by Michael Alpert ; with a foreword by Izaly Zemtsovsky ; in collaboration with the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research and the Russian Institute for the Study of the Arts
Includes list of compact disc contents and program notes (p. 261-264).
Includes bibliographical references (pages 61-64) and discography of Beregovski tunes appearing on 78 rpm recordings (page 47).
[Book] Instrumental music as a component of Jewish folklore -- Characteristics of klezmer music -- Modes -- Characteristics of klezmer interpretation -- Klezmorim in the nineteenth century -- How klezmorim learned to play -- A klezmer personality of the last quarter of the nineteenth century -- Amateur musicians in Jewish life -- Appendixes -- Music selections -- Extended music selections -- Short inventory of opening phrases
[CD] Part 1: The tunes as used on 78 rpm recordings -- Part 2: The tunes as used on recent and newly commissioned recordings