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Accordion, 14, 16, 73–74, 77, 101, 103, 162, 195 Adler, Jerry, 53 African Americans, 5, 17, 20, 143, 195 Albania, 90, 163 Aleichem, Sholem, 24, 25, 28, 31nn1–2, 32n7, 71n21, 88, 147, 160 Alpert, Michael, 7, 22, 122n48, 178, 188, 189, 191, 195–201 Aman Folk Ensemble, 171n113, 173 Amateurism, 86, 88, 89, 90, 135, 149, 151 American Federation of Musicians, 45, 51nn42– 43 American Folklife Center, 134 American Folklife Festival, 134 American Jewish Congress, 134, 174 Anarchism, 37, 42, 48n19 Anatolia, 92, 192 Andrews Sisters, 17 Andronicescu, Sidor, 102 (ex.) Anti-Semitism, 3, 54, 79, 181, 216 Appalachian music, 133, 167n52, 174, 177 Aramaic language, 76 “Arcanul,” 101, 102 (ex.), 103 Argentina, 21, 162 Argot: criminal, 26, 27, 28; musicians’, 3, 24–31, 58, 147 Armenia, 23n2, 89 Arrangements, musical, 14–16, 20, 198 Asch, Moses, 153 Asch, Sholem, 217 Ashkenaz (Berkeley folk club), 194 Ashkenaz (music festival), 22, 185, 214 Ashkenazim, 3, 77, 95, 96, 97, 120n23, 122n41, 132 Assimilation, cultural, 4, 40, 66, 68, 73, 144, 145 Audience, 4, 15, 42, 43, 49n31, 54, 93, 97, 107, 116; and klezmer revival, 142, 146, 152, 162, 163, 194–95, 201, 203 Australia, 22 Austria, 13, 92, 120n23, 137, 153, 155 Authenticity, 3, 141, 142, 149, 157, 194, 195, 210, 219 Avant-garde, 141, 143, 151 Axelrad, Dave, 71n26 Ba’al T’shuvah movement, 212, 213, 215 Badkhonim (wedding jesters), 14, 41, 87–88, 114 Baez, Joan, 157 Balkanarama (web site), 163 Balkans, 21, 88, 92, 96, 116, 167n52, 188, 189, 191, 192, 196 Ballads, 151–52 Banjo, 15, 174, 177 Bar mitzvahs, 66 –67, 117, 132, 133, 146 Barton Brothers, 158 Bas, Berl, 58 Bass, 15, 58, 77, 90, 155, 172n136, 195 235 Index “Bay Mir Bistu Sheyn,” 17–18, 83n4 Bazyler, Ben, 73–83, 209 Beckerman, Sam, 74, 118n2 Beckerman, Shloimke, 16, 70n18 Beckerman, Sid, 73, 209 “Behusher Khosid,” 93 Belarsky, Sidor, 150 Belorussia (Belarus), 84, 88, 91, 92, 93, 95, 104 Benya, Masha, 150 Beregovski, Moshe, 87, 88, 91–98 passim , 107, 110, 113, 119n23, 121n29, 123n56, 168n72 Berkeley, California, 190, 192 Berle, Bernie, 58 Bern, Alan, 162, 187, 188, 189, 195–96, 198–200, 203 Bernardi, Herschel, 152 Bessarabia, 13, 16, 68, 84, 92, 96, 97, 118n1, 119n23, 122n51; and bulgarish genre, 97–98, 100, 101, 107, 113, 114, 122n47 Big bands, 18–19, 20, 21, 194 Bik, Moshe, 100, 101 Bikel, Theodore, 131, 152–55, 156, 157, 161, 170n103 “Bin ikh mir a klezmerl,” 30 “Biz in vaysen tog arayn,” 101, 106 Bjoerling, Kurt, 188, 195, 199, 204n9 Blake, Ran, 206 Blinder, Dodik, 77 Block, Bobby, 62, 67, 71n38 Bluegrass, 20, 133, 141, 167n52, 216 Blues, 20, 133, 139 Bohemia, 92, 120n23 Borokhov, Ber, 27 Boston, 66, 69n7, 72n42 Botkin, Benjamin A., 156 Brand, Oscar, 151–52, 154 Brandwein, Naftule, 7, 16, 70n18, 89, 104, 107, 112, 218 Braun, Joachim, 120n29 Brauner, Harry, 120n23 Brave Old World (band), 21, 22, 79, 132, 138, 162, 186, 187–89, 191, 195– 204, 209 Bressler, Judy, 138 Broderzon, Moyshe, 30 Brody, Lauren, 167n52, 178 Brotman, Stuart, 79, 83n5, 167n52, 188, 189, 191, 195–97, 199 Broughton, Simon, 184 Broyges tantsn, 15, 59, 61 Brubeck, Dave, 77 Brussell, Ben, 132 Buber, Martin, 135 Buchbinder, David, 22, 185 Bucovina, 13, 70n14, 84, 92, 95, 100, 177 Budowitz (band), 137 Buffalo on the Roof, 23, 185 Bulgaria, 97, 98, 143, 163, 196 Bulgars, 15, 16, 18, 50n37, 59, 61, 66, 72n41, 133; and bulgărească, 84, 86, 98–101, 103, 104, 106, 118n2, 122n47; and bûlgarisĥ, 84– 85, 86, 87, 91, 92, 93, 97, 100, 101, 103, 107–9, 110, 113–17, 122n43; history of, 84–86, 87, 93, 96 –97, 100, 103, 104, 107, 113; hybrids of, 85–86, 109, 116; modern stylization of, 85, 97, 107–12, 116; predominance of, 85–86, 87, 96 –97, 108–9, 114, 116 –18 Burke, Peter, 137 Burns, Ken, 177 Burnt Offering (band), 135 Byron, Don, 22, 140, 143, 157, 164, 167n52, 207 Cadential formulas, 103, 107, 108 (ex.) Calloway, Cab, 193 Canada, 22, 86, 147, 182, 185 Cantor, Dave, 71n26 Cantor, Eddie, 17 Cantorial music, 14, 23n6, 95, 114, 149, 150 Cantwell, Robert, 132 Capitol label, 157 Capp, Al, 157 Cayuga Klezmer Revival, 132 CETA grants, 134, 174, 175, 179 Chagall, Bella, 160 Chagall, Marc, 161 Chanukah, 93 Cheap Suit Serenaders (band), 191, 192 Cherniavsky, Joseph, 175 Chicago, 54, 71n35 Choreography, 92, 98, 122n48 Chromatic tuning, 91–92 Chronotope, 163, 173n141 Cimbal, 91–92, 101, 195. See also...

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