An Analytical Study in Klezmer Music: An Application of Prayer Chant and Klezmer Modes

This thesis studies the melodic elements of the klezmer music genre. First, the reader will observe the work of klezmer scholar Joshua Horowitz, who describes the basis of the klezmer genre as a set of four modes. As per convention, these modes are scale-based, but are additionally motivic in nature...

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Main Author: Small, Rebecca
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: University of Ottawa (Canada) 2013
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10393/28668
http://dx.doi.org/10.20381/ruor-12658