Best books about jewish music according to redditors

> Reform trope

I had a conversation with a Reform Rabbi recently about it, and she says it's actually Binder A (mode 1) and Conservative is Binder B (mode 2).

Although the TropeTrainer Software says it's Wolff/Portnoy which is a variation on Binder, and that checks since they write the URJ's book on Trope

But yea I think they are both E European, although I think they are adding in Germany to that in this paper.

I found the help section that explains which is which after I wrote the above post.

The Compleat Klezmer is the most well known (almost clichéd) book of klezmer IMO. Pretty much everything in there would be known by any klezmer musician since the 1980s. From an older generation these books kalled the Kammen folios had most of the standards in them but they seem to be out of print.

For accompaniment style--this book looks corny as hell but it was written by a guy who is still alive and played piano in the orchestras of the 1960s with Dave Tarras etc. It will give you a great primer on the typical accompaniments. (edit: if you can't find a copy let me know, I can scan it for you.)

I learned from this book with CD amazon
it's not bad, when I had some question, I asked my rabbi. It's eastern ashkenaz which is used in US (so it's not so practical here in Europe). It teaches the principle-the melody of each cantillation mark (or group of cantillation marks), so when You learn this, you can lein almost everything (there is another book for haftarot and megilot)...