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Title

Voices of a people : the story of Yiddish folksong / Ruth Rubin ; foreword by Mark Slobin.

Author

Rubin, Ruth.

Publication

Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2000.

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Description

558 pages : illustrations; 23 cm

Summary

"A 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."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject

• Folk songs, Yiddish > History and criticism
• Jews > History and criticism
• Folk music > History and criticism

Note

• Originally published: Philadelphia : Jewish Publication Society of America, 1979. With new introd.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 525-532) and indexes.

Contents

Foreword / Mark Slobin -- Prologue: Ancestors of Yiddish Folk Song -- I. At the Cradle -- II. The Children's World -- III. Love and Courtship -- IV. Marriage -- V. Customs and Beliefs -- VI. Merriment -- VII. Dancing Songs -- VIII. Historical and Topical -- IX. Chasidic Melody and Songs -- X. Of Literary Origin -- XI. Poverty, Toil, and Struggle -- XII. Out of the Shadows -- XIII. To America -- XIV. To Zion -- XV. Soviet Yiddish Folk Song -- XVI. The Struggle to Survive -- XVII. Folksong - A Universal Language -- App. I. First Printed Collections of Yiddish Songs -- App. II. Music for Selected Songs from the Text -- Map of the Pale of Settlement.

ISBN

0252069188 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

00039216

OCLC

• 43810859
• ocm43810859
• SCSB-4143578

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries