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“A Bee Gezindt,” 211 “A brif tsum liader rebn,” 168 “Abie, Dot’s Not a Business for You,” 133 Abrams, Maurie (Maurice Abrahams), 101, 102, 115n.11, 227 Abrass, Osias, 102 Abreu, Zequinha de, 97 absorption, 54, 68-71 “Ac-cent-chu-ate the Positive,” 168 acculturation, 54, 86; and gypsy music, 88-100 Achron, Joseph, 87n.15, 134 Adams, Franklin P., 53n.32 Adams, India, 200 Adamson, Harold, 99 Adam’s Rib, 190 adaptation, 54, 55-65; from opera, 56; from Russian music, 75-78 “Addio del passato,” xvii, 19 “Adio querida,” 19 Adler, Jacob, 50, 98, 116n.28 Adler, Richard, 81, 82, 146 Adonai malakh mode, 122-130, 155, 180-181, 215 adoption, 54, 67-71, 78-79 Aeolian mode. See Magein avot mode Affair in Trinidad, 83 African Americans: in blackface, 198199 ; and Jewish Americans, 193-218 The Age of Anxiety Symphony (Bernstein), 179, 182, 183, 184 Ahava raba mode, 141-142, 186, 188, 212 Ahbez, Eden, 78-79 Ahlert, Fred, 77 “Ain’t Got No Tears Left,” 130 “Ain’t We Got Fun?” 94 Akiba, Rabbi, 20 Akst, Harry, 149 The Alamo, 229 Albert, Morris, xvii Aleichem, Sholem, xvii, 41-42, 49, 154, 231 “Alexander’s Ragtime Band,” 129, 195 “All Aboard for Broadway,” 29-30 Allan, Lewis, 213, 222n.82 Allen, Marty, 72n.2 Allen, Woody, 125, 158 “All of Me,” 50 Alstone, Alex, 146 Altena, Edward Van, 108, 109 Alterman, Nathan, 171 “Amado Mio,” 76 “American Tune,” 16 “Am I Blue?,” 149 Amidah, 181 “Among My Souvenirs,” 55 Amos ’n’ Andy, 200 “Anastasia,” 82, 86 “Anatevka,” 71 “And Russia Is Her Name,”22-23 “And the Angels Sing,” 74, 192n.2 Anderson, Eddie “Rochester,” 198 Andrews, Patti, 60 Andrews Sisters, xii, 56-57, 72n.5 “Ani maamin,” 49 “Anniversary Song,” 84 Ansky, Solomon, 151 “Anstatt-dass,” 90 Antheil, George, 2 “Any Time of the Year,” 229 The Apartment, 145 Appel, Anna, 47 Applause, 69 “April Showers,”148 Arias and Barcarolles, 85 Arlen, Harold, 7, 126, 127, 129, 135, 154, 162, 166-170, 178, 180, 200, 203, 205, 214, 222n.80 Arluck, Moses, 166 Arluck, Samuel, 166 Armstrong, Louis, 89, 150, 193-194, 197, 200, 209, 219n.3, 222n.73 Arnstein, Ira B., 189 Aronson, Michael, 29 “Artistry in Rhythm,” xvii Arvey, Verna, 212 As Thousands Cheer, 212 Ashkenaz tradition, 9, 10n.27; music of, 15 Ashman, Howard, xiv Astaire, Fred, 89, 96, 97, 200 “At Last,” 98, 130 “At the Yiddish Wedding Jubilee,” 133 “At the Yiddisher Ball,” 133 Auer, Leopold, 39, 40 “Aunt Hagar’s Blues,” 217 Austin, Billy, 208-209 Ausubel, Nathan, 42, 52n.21 “Autumn Leaves,” 55 “Avalon,” xvii Avenary, Hanoch, 21, 36n.38, 122 “Avreml der marvikher,” 196 “Az der Rebe Elimelekh,” 227 “Az ikh volt gethat dem kaysers oytsers,” xvii “Az sim dosho khubevetsa,” 49 “Azoy vi du bist,” 91, 92 Babbitt, Milton, 38n.81, 46, 98 “The Babbitt and the Bromide,” 8 Babes on Broadway, 200 Bach, Johann Sebastian, 16, 34n.11 Bacharach, Burt, 135 Baez, Joan, 75 “Baigelach,” 72n.13 Bailey, Mildred, 147 Bailey, Pearl, 199, 220n.35 “Bake That Matza Pie,” 29 Baker, Belle, 46, 101, 115n.11, 139 Baker, David, 145 Baker, Jack, 98-99 Baker, Josephine, 199, 220n.35 Baline, Moses, 161 “The Ballad of Eldorado,” 170 “The Ballad of the Social Director,” 48 “Baltimore Oriole,” 134 “The Band Played On,” 109 Bar Kochba, 20 “Bar Mitzvah Song,” 63 Bara, Theda, 104 “Barbara Song,” 89 Barer, Marshall, 205 Barnes, Paul, 25 Barris, Harry, 192n.2 Barry Sisters, 72n.13 Bart, Jan, 103 Bart, Lionel, 149 “B’arvot Hanegev/Song of the Negev,” 212 “Bashana haba’a,” 229 “Basin Street Blues,” 128-129 Bataclan, 159 Batchelor, W. H., 24 “Bay dem shtetl,” 69, 70, 71 “Bay mir bistu sheyn,” xii, 33, 57-58, 59-61, 67, 69, 81, 198, 211 Bayes, Nora, 113-114, 115n.11 “Der becher,” 62 294 Index Becky songs, 104, 117-120 “Bedelia,” 29 Beekman, Jack, 150 Beethoven, Ludwig van, 17 “Begin the Beguine,” 188, 191 Belafonte, Harry, 213, 220n.35 Belasco, David, 106 Bellson, Louis, 220n.35 Belwin Music Co., 30 “Belz,” 69-71 Bennett, Tony, 7 Benton, Brook, xv Berele tremp, 80 Bergen, Edgar, 200 Bergman, Alan, 115n.11 Bergman, Marilyn, 115n.11 Bergreen, Laurence, 163 Berle, Milton, 150, 151 Berlin, Edward, 195, 197, 200 Berlin, Irving, xiv, xv, xvi, 43, 44, 52n.29, 52-53n.31, 75-76, 79-80, 93, 96, 99, 100, 103, 107, 108, 109-110, 111, 112, 115n.20, 129, 132, 137, 145, 146...

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