Mark Slobin

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According to Wikipedia, Mark Slobin is an American scholar and ethnomusicologist who has written extensively on the subject of East European Jewish music and klezmer music, as well as the music of Afghanistan, where he conducted research beginning in 1967. He is Winslow-Kaplan Professor of Music Emeritus at Wesleyan University, where he taught both music and American Studies from 1971 to 2016.

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Subcultural Sounds: Micromusics of the West (1993) (302)
Micromusics of the West: A Comparative Approach (1992) (119)
Retuning Culture: Musical Changes in Central and Eastern Europe (1999) (76)
Fiddler on the Move: Exploring the Klezmer World (2000) (61)
Music in Diaspora: The View from Euro-America (2011) (57)
The Soul of Mbira: Music and Traditions of the Shona People of Zimbabwe (1979) (56)
Music in the culture of northern Afghanistan (1976) (36)
Chosen Voices: The Story of the American Cantorate (1989) (34)
Tenement Songs: The Popular Music of the Jewish Immigrants (1983) (31)
American Klezmer: Its Roots and Offshoots (2002) (29)
The Destiny of “Diaspora” in Ethnomusicology (2012) (25)
Old Jewish Folk Music: The Collections and Writings of Moshe Beregovski (2000) (23)
Klezmer America: Jewishness, Ethnicity, Modernity (2009) (23)
The Neo-Klezmer Movement and Euro-American Musical Revivalism (1984) (22)
Folk Music: A Very Short Introduction (2011) (16)
Klezmer Music: An American Ethnic Genre (1984) (16)
Jewish instrumental folk music : the collections and writings of Moshe Beregovski (2001) (14)
Red & Hot: The Fate of Jazz in the Soviet Union (1984) (13)
On Two Views of the Swat Pushtun [and Comments] (1977) (8)
A Muslim Shaman of Afghan Turkestan (1971) (7)
Central Asian music : essays in the history of the music of the peoples of the U.S.S.R. (1975) (7)
A Fresh Look at Beregovski's Folk Music Research (1986) (7)
Conversations in Tashkent (1971) (6)
Persian folksong texts from Afghan Badakhshan (1970) (4)
Instrumental music in Northern Afghanistan (1970) (4)
Learning the lessons of studying Jewish music (1995) (4)
Music in Contemporary Afghanistan (1974) (4)
David Medoff: A Case Study in Interethnic Popular Culture (1985) (3)
Rice’s “Crisis” (2010) (3)
Tuva: Voices from the Center of Asia@@@Bukhara: Musical Crossroads of Asia@@@Central Asia in Forest Hills, New York: Shashmaqam, Music of the Bukharan Jewish Ensemble@@@Mongolie: Musique et Chants de l'Altai (1992) (3)
Music and the Structure of Town Life in Northern Afghanistan (1970) (3)
On the Regional Styles of Uzbek Music (1972) (3)
From Vilna to Vaudeville: Minikes and "Among the Indians" (1895) (1980) (3)
Musical Multiplicity: Emerging Thoughts (2007) (3)
:The Ethnomusicologists' Cookbook (2007) (3)
Steven Feld: Sound and Sentiment: Birds, Weeping, Poetics and Song in Kaluli Expression (1983) (3)
Kirgiz Instrumental Music (1969) (2)
Motor City Music (2018) (2)
5. The Altered Dorian Scale in Jewish Folk Music (On the Question of the Semantic Characteristics of Scales) (1946) (1982) (2)
Music in the Yiddish theater and cinema, 1880–1950 (2015) (2)
Chassidic Tunes from Galicia (1997) (2)
The Silk Road Wends its Way to Washington (2003) (2)
BUZ-BAZ: A MUSICAL MARIONETTE OF NORTHERN AFGHANISTAN (1975) (1)
Ethnomusicology: From Ethnography to Cultural Studies (1994) (1)
A Reply to Erlmann (1993) (1)
Chad Gadya (One Kid) (1983) (1)
COVID-Era Online Collective Research Initiatives in Yiddish Traditional Music (2021) (1)
Music of Central Asia and of the Volga-Ural peoples (1977) (1)
The Klezmorim: East Side Wedding (1978) (1)
The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music, vol. 8, Europe (review) (2001) (1)
The Music of Abraham Goldfaden: Father of the Yiddish Theater (1992) (1)
Searching for the Klezmer City (2000) (1)
Ten paradoxes and four dilemmas of studying Jewish music (1995) (1)
Uzbek Instrumental Music (1983) (1)
RHYTHMIC ASPECTS OF THE TAJIK MAQAM (1971) (1)
Multicultural Metamethods: Lessons from Visby (2000) (1)
Selection 5: N'kadesh, Cantor 76 (1983) (0)
Selection 6: Yimloch, Cantor 75 (1983) (0)
Index of First Lines of Songs in the Song Collections (1982) (0)
Selection 3: Lecha Dodi, Cantor 07 (1983) (0)
Selection 6: Yimloch, Cantor 29 (1983) (0)
Example 35: Ashrei variation (1989) (0)
Video: More Than A Singer (1986) (0)
2. Close-up: songs, strums, and ceremonies (2011) (0)
Example 05b: Seasonal variant: Lecha dodi for the month of Elul (1989) (0)
Selection 5: N'kadesh, Cantor 08 (1983) (0)
Example 11: Text accent shift in Tzur yisroel (1989) (0)
Selection 8: Ashrei, Cantor 81 (1983) (0)
Music in the Afghan North (1987) (0)
Example 07: Symmetrical version of Tzur yisroel (1989) (0)
Example 06: Most common Tzur yisroel (1989) (0)
Mani-Rimdu: Sherpa Dance-Drama . By Luther G. Jerstad. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1969. xvi, 192 pp. Illustrations, Index. $6.95. (1970) (0)
Selection 8: Ashrei, Cantor 68 (1983) (0)
Tenement songs: recording to accompany the book. Example 03. Dos lid der libe (1982) (0)
Congregational Survey: 061-080 (1986) (0)
*Selection 8: Ashrei: Cantors 1-96 (1983) (0)
Cantors Assembly, Survey 84 (1984) (0)
Selection 7: Uvchen Ten Pachdecha, Cantor 13 (1983) (0)
Selection 6: Yimloch, Cantor 50 (1983) (0)
*Selection 5: N'kadesh: Cantors 1-96 (1983) (0)
Central Asian Film Music as a Subcultural System (2009) (0)
Cantors Assembly, Survey 27 (1984) (0)
Cantors Assembly, Survey 09 (1984) (0)
Example 15: Salomone Rossi, Borchu, No. 1 (1989) (0)
Selection 5: N'kadesh, Cantor 24 (1983) (0)
Example 31: Ashrei variation (1989) (0)
Selection 3: Lecha Dodi, Cantor 84 (1983) (0)
Example 13: Word repetition in Tzur yisroel (1989) (0)
Selection 4: Tzur Yisroel, Cantor 82 (1983) (0)
Selections 1&2 Cantor 1 (1983) (0)
Example 03: Second most-commonly submitted Lecha dodi melody (1989) (0)
Example 21: Lazar Weiner Bor'chu (1989) (0)
Example 29: Michael Isaacson, Bar'chu (1989) (0)
Letter to Rev Simon Schlager (0)
Example 36: Uvchen variation (1989) (0)
Rabbinic Survey: Abraham Karp 32 (1986) (0)
Example 01: Salomon Sulzer, Lecha dodi (1989) (0)
Example 24: Paul Ben-Haim, Barechu (1989) (0)
Music of the Soviet Union (1990) (0)
Tenement songs: recording to accompany the book. Example 16. Der poylisher yid (1982) (0)
Congregational Survey: 081-100 (1986) (0)
Example 16: Bor'chu arranged by Isidor Freed (1989) (0)
Review Essay: Recent Ethnomusicological Sound Recordings from Eastern Europe@@@Hungarian Instrumental Folk Music@@@Liptov: Panorama l'udovej piesnovej a hudobnej kultury@@@Serbian Folk Music@@@Slovak Instrumental Folk Music Anthology@@@Slovene Music: Koroska (1985) (0)
[Anthology: Jewish Folk Songs] Antologiya evreyskaya narodnaya pesnya (1995) (0)
Cantors Assembly, Survey 38 (1984) (0)
Musics of West Asia-North Africa (1972) (0)
Tenement songs: recording to accompany the book. Example 06. Tfilas milkhomo (1982) (0)
Local Traffic (2018) (0)
Selection 6: Yimloch, Cantor 08 (1983) (0)
Tenement songs: recording to accompany the book. Example 15. Doina (1982) (0)
Congregational Survey: 041-060 (1986) (0)
The City in the Rearview Mirror (2018) (0)
Congregational Blank Survey and Accompanying Letter (1986) (0)
Recent Ethnomusicological Sound Recordings from Israel@@@The Nuns of Gethsemane Sing Russian-Orthodox Prayer Chants@@@Anthology of Musical Traditions in Israel: Hassidic Tunes of Dancing and Rejoicing@@@Morasha: Traditional Jewish Musical Heritage@@@Greek-Jewish Musical Traditions@@@Bedouin Music of (1979) (0)
The Traffic Circle (2018) (0)
Appendix Β: Archival Resources for the Study of Eastern European Jewish Folk Music (1982) (0)
Report: Congregational Sabbath Service, 13 (1984) (0)
Note on Transliteration and Translation (1982) (0)
Tenement songs: recording to accompany the book. Example 09. At a Hebrew Wedding Ceremony (1982) (0)
Example 17: Salomon Sulzer, Barchu (1989) (0)
A Heritage of Folk Song from Old Russia (1968) (0)
Selection 5: N'kadesh, Cantor 67 (1983) (0)
Selection 3: Lecha Dodi, Cantor 16 (1983) (0)
Congregational Survey: 181-196 (1986) (0)
Rabbinic Survey: Abraham Karp 19 (1986) (0)
A Recording Clarification (1973) (0)
Review: Jewish Identities: Nationalism, Racism, and Utopianism in Twentieth-Century Music by Klára Móricz (2011) (0)
Selection 6: Yimloch, Cantor 63 (1983) (0)
Selection 5: N'kadesh, Cantor 53 (1983) (0)
Appendix A: Selected Bibliography on the Music Culture of the Eastern European Jews (1982) (0)
Music in Afghanistan (2019) (0)
1. Jewish Folk Music (1934) (1982) (0)
Rabbinic Survey: Abraham Karp 26 (1986) (0)
Selections 1&2 Cantors 1-30 (1983) (0)
Selection 5: N'kadesh, Cantor 32 (1983) (0)
Selection 3: Lecha Dodi, Cantor 68 (1983) (0)
Slobin's "Old Jewish Folk Music" (1988) (0)
*Selection 1&2: Torah Portion: Bereshit, Haftorah Portion: Lech Lecha, Cantors 62-92 (1983) (0)
Example 33: Ashrei variation (1989) (0)
Index of Instrumental Tunes (1982) (0)
Veronica Doubleday and John Baily: Silken Threads. 2019. Sempre/sonustech SETHCD0102. Recorded, engineered, produced, and mastered by Evangelos Himonides. Annotated and produced by Veronica Doubleday and John Baily. 20-page booklet with notes in English. Colour photographs. CD, 10 tracks (59:27). (2020) (0)
4. Collecting and circulating (2011) (0)
To the Film Review Editor (1987) (0)
In This issue (2004) (0)
Yiddish theater in America : David's Violin (1897) and Shloyme Gorgl (189-) (1997) (0)
Selection 8: Ashrei, Cantor 57 (1983) (0)
Tenement songs: recording to accompany the book. Example 10. Mentshen-fresser (1982) (0)
Cantors Assembly, Survey 52 (1984) (0)
Rabbinic Survey: Abraham Karp 01 (1986) (0)
*Selection 6: Yimloch: Cantors 1-95 (1983) (0)
Example 37: Uvchen variation (1989) (0)
UNESCO Musical Anthology of the Orient: Vol. 24, Azerbaijan I (1971) (0)
Congregational Survey: 001-020 (1986) (0)
Cantors Assembly, Survey 16 (1984) (0)
Reviews (2001) (0)
UNINTENTIONAL HISTORY: MUSICAL MOMENTS IN 1930s YIDDISH FILMS (2020) (0)
*Selection 7: Uvchen Ten Pachdecha: Cantors 77-96 (1983) (0)
Border Traffic (2018) (0)
A City in Motion (2018) (0)
Selection 3: Lecha Dodi, Cantor 42 (1983) (0)
Congregational Survey: 121-140 (1986) (0)
Publications, Films and Conferences (2015) (0)
Selections 1&2 Cantors 31-61 (1983) (0)
Congregational Survey: 101-120 (1986) (0)
Example 39: Uvchen variation (1989) (0)
Selection 5: N'kadesh, Cantor 45 (1983) (0)
Tenement songs: recording to accompany the book. Example 17. Levine mit zayn flaying mashin (1982) (0)
Example 38: Uvchen variation (1989) (0)
Congregational Survey: 021-040 (1986) (0)
3. The Interaction of Ukrainian and Jewish Folk Music (1935) (1982) (0)
Example 22: Max Helfman, Bar'chu (1989) (0)
Selection 3: Lecha Dodi, Cantor 71 (1983) (0)
Merging Traffic (2018) (0)
1. Overview: sound and setting (2011) (0)
Tenement songs: recording to accompany the book. Example 01. Der yidisher troyer-marsh (1982) (0)
Example 32: Ashrei variation (1989) (0)
American Conference of Cantors, Survey 06 (1985) (0)
Selection 5: N'kadesh, Cantor 91 (1983) (0)
Example 34: Ashrei variation (1989) (0)
5. Internal upsurge: movements and stars (2011) (0)
Contributors to this issue (1974) (0)
Tenement songs: recording to accompany the book. Example 08. Shuldik (1982) (0)
Lionel Wolberger Report 10 (1984) (0)
example 20: Heinrich Schalit, Bor'chu (1989) (0)
*Selection 3: Lecha Dodi: Cantors 1-85 (1983) (0)
Cantors Assembly, Survey 63 (1984) (0)
Ethnic Recordings in America: A Neglected Heritage (1983) (0)
4. Jewish Instrumental Folk Music (1957) (1982) (0)
Selection 8: Ashrei, Cantor 12 (1983) (0)
The Construction Site (2018) (0)
Example 04: Hasidic Style Lecha dodi (1989) (0)
Movie Mediterraneanism: Music in Two Films of Srdan Karanovic (2009) (0)
Film: Zem Spieva. 1933. Directed by Karel Plicka: Věčná Písěň: 1941. Directed by Karel Plicka (1977) (0)
Selection 3: Lecha Dodi, Cantor 25 (1983) (0)
Selection 6: Yimloch, Cantor 92 (1983) (0)
Example 02: Lewandowski, Lecha dodi (1989) (0)
Example 40: Uvchen variation (1989) (0)
Image before My Eyes (1981) (0)
Tenement songs: recording to accompany the book. Example 11. My America: Our New Hymn (1982) (0)
Tenement songs: recording to accompany the book. Example 04. Vayber, makht mikh far prezident (1982) (0)
Tenement songs: recording to accompany the book. Example 13. Swing Days/Men hoydet zikh in Amerika (1982) (0)
Selection 8: Ashrei, Cantor 04 (1983) (0)
Congregational Survey: 141-160 (1986) (0)
Selection 3: Lecha Dodi, Cantor 59 (1983) (0)
Constructed Melodies: Building the Score into the Set (2016) (0)
Avery - Interview with Mark Slobin (1983) (0)
Example 30: Ashrei variation (1989) (0)
Example 28: Gershon Kingsley, Bor'chu (1989) (0)
Selection 8: Ashrei, Cantor 90 (1983) (0)
A Hundred Years of Yiddish Song Mobility (2021) (0)
Example 18: Benjamin Grobani, Borchu, No. 1 (1989) (0)
Cantors Assembly, Survey 75 (1984) (0)
Klezmer America: Jewishness, Ethnicity, Modernity (review) (2010) (0)
Folk Music of Afghanistan (1973) (0)
Example 27: Isidor Freed, Bar'chu (1989) (0)
*Code Switching (language): Ethnography: *Linguistic (2007) (0)
*Selection 4: Tzur Yisroel: Cantors 1-95 (1983) (0)
Selection 1&2: Torah Portion: Bereshit, Haftorah Portion: Lech Lecha, Cantor 46 (1983) (0)
Tenement songs: recording to accompany the book. Example 02. Dor holekh, ve dor bo (1982) (0)
Tenement songs: recording to accompany the book. Example 14. Fifti-fifti (1982) (0)
Example 05a: Seasonal variant: Lecha dodi for three nights before Tisha b'Av (1989) (0)
Example 23: Miriam Gideon, Bar'chu (1989) (0)
Example 19: Arthur Yolkoff, Bar'chu (1989) (0)
3. Intellectual intervention (2011) (0)
Selection 5: N'kadesh, Cantor 19 (1983) (0)
Example 25: Frederick Piket, Bar'chu (1989) (0)
Objections raised (1973) (0)
Selection 8: Ashrei, Cantor 79 (1983) (0)
Example 10: Personal variation of Tzur yisroel (1989) (0)
Tea House Music of Afghanistan (1978) (0)
Tenement songs: recording to accompany the book. Example 05. Ruslands frayhayt lid (1982) (0)
Example 26: Samuel Adler, Bor'chu (1989) (0)
Example 41: Uvchen variation (1989) (0)
2. Jewish Folk Songs (1962) (1982) (0)
Selection 8: Ashrei, Cantor 43 (1983) (0)
Tenement songs: recording to accompany the book. Example 12. A brivele dem tatn (1982) (0)
Georgian Folk Music from Turkey (1974) (0)
Code Switching and Code Superimposition in Music. Working Papers in Sociolinguistics, No. 63. (1979) (0)
The Last Klezmer (1996) (0)
6. Folk music today and tomorrow (2011) (0)
An Article Clarification (1971) (0)
Tenement songs: recording to accompany the book. Example 07. A grus fun di trentshes (1982) (0)
Cantors Assembly, Survey 41 (1983) (0)

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