Musicology
urischreter@g.harvard.edu
The Jewish Beat: Klezmer, Culture, and Politics in Postwar America
Uri Schreter is an interdisciplinary musicologist, composer, keyboardist, and filmmaker. He is currently completing his PhD in historical musicology at Harvard University, where he researches postwar Jewish music and politics. Prior to Harvard, he studied at Tel Aviv University, where he earned a Bachelor’s degree in composition and musicology, and a Master’s degree in history. His scholarship has been supported by the American Musicological Society, the Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture, and the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, and his research has appeared in the Journal of Synagogue Music and In Geveb: A Journal of Yiddish Studies.
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