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Voices of a people : the story of Yiddish folksong / Ruth Rubin ; foreword by Mark Slobin.
Van Pelt - Albrecht Music Library ML3776 .R77 2000
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rubin, Ruth.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Folk songs, Yiddish--History and criticism.
- Folk songs, Yiddish.
- Jews--Music--History and criticism.
- Jews.
- Jews--Music.
- Folk music--History and criticism.
- Folk music.
- Physical Description:
- 558 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2000.
- Summary:
- The seminal work of folklorist, singer, and writer Ruth Rubin, Voices of a People remains the only general introduction to Yiddish folksong.
- A priceless collection of song texts in Yiddish and English, as well as a selection of tunes Rubin transcribed, this volume brings the Jews' ancient, itinerant culture alive through children's songs, dancing songs, and songs about love and courtship, poverty and work, crime and corruption, immigration, and the dream of a homeland. Rubin's notes and annotations weave each text into the larger story of the Jewish experience.
- Noted scholar Mark Slobin provides a new foreword that includes a biographical sketch of Rubin and an assessment of her contributions over a lifetime of collecting, absorbing, and disseminating Yiddish folksong.
- Notes:
- Originally published: Philadelphia : Jewish Publication Society of America, 1979. With new introd.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 525-532) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0252069188
- OCLC:
- 43810859
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