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Ashkenaz : the music of the Jews from Eastern Europe / the Israel Music Heritage Project presents ; created and produced by Tzipora H. Jochsberger ; written and directed by Asher Tlalim.
LIBRA VHS Music Videorecording 549
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Van Pelt - Freedman Jewish Sound Archives VHS ML3195 .A84 1993
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- Format:
- Archive
- Video
- Series:
- Jewish music heritage library ; 3.
- Jewish music heritage library : a people and its music
- Language:
- English
- Hebrew
- Yiddish
- Subjects (All):
- Folk songs, Yiddish.
- Ashkenazim--Music.
- Ashkenazim.
- Jews.
- Manners and customs.
- Eastern Europe.
- Jews--Europe, Eastern--Music.
- Jews--Europe, Eastern--Social life and customs.
- Songs, Hebrew.
- Nigunim.
- Ethnic music recordings, Jewish--Europe, Eastern.
- Local Subjects:
- Ethnic music recordings, Jewish--Europe, Eastern.
- Genre:
- Music.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videocassette (28 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 1/2 in.
- 1/2 in.
- Other Title:
- Music of the Jews from Eastern Europe.
- Place of Publication:
- Teaneck, NJ : Ergo Media Inc. ; [Jerusalem] : Israel Music Heritage Project, [1993]
- Language Note:
- Sung in Yiddish and Hebrew with English subtitles and narration.
- System Details:
- VHS.
- analog
- magnetic
- VHS
- Summary:
- A compilation of Jewish music from Eastern Europe including Yiddish folksongs, the liturgical music of the synagogue, Klezmer melodies, as well as Yiddish theater tunes--all of which are the essential components of Ashkenazic music. The film also features rare archival footage of Jewish life in Eastern Europe as it existed prior to World War II, providing an understanding of the environment from which the music grew.
- Contents:
- Songs: Rognihes mit mandlen ; Zol ikh zayn a rov ; Af bri ; Yome yome ; Zmiros ; Oyfn veg.
- Scenes: Kheyder ; Wedding ; The Jazz singer ; Excerpt from A khazndl oyf shabos sung by Al Jolson.
- Participant:
- Shmuel Atzmon, Anat Atzmon, Henya Atzmon, Lupo Berkowitz, Israel Treissman, Gregory Weiner, Cantor Binyamin Munk.
- Narrator, Martin Bookspan.
- Credits:
- Director of photography, Yoram Milo; editor, Asher Tlalim.
- Notes:
- Songs and scenes provided by Freedman Archive.
- Local Notes:
- Freedman Archive Collection. Tape 33.
- ISBN:
- 1560821213
- OCLC:
- 29604966
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