Songs, Stories and Philosophies of a Jewish Grandmother
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: FW-ASCH-7RR-0773
label: General
content: CDR copy FW-ASCH-7RR-0773 is both interview and soliloquey of Kevin Roth's 91 year-old grandmother, Regina. Kevin has included a letter to Moe along with the tape, in which he refers to the recording as "a very special new documentary tape i.. "Songs, Stories, and Philosophies of an Orthodox Jewish Grandmother." She presents, in rambling manner, in thick dialect with occasional lapses into Yiddish, her views of life, religion, being Jewish, being a good person, etc. along with descriptions of her youth, husband, sister, their early days, etc. Also, she sings fragments of various songs in Yiddish, Romanian and Hungarian. The tape was recorded by Kevin in July, 1983. As singer, composer and dulcimer player, Kevin Roth recorded a variety of albums for Folkways See other sheets for track list and durations.
name: label: Producer
content: Roth, Kevin
label: Collection Creator
content: Asch, Moses
label: Collection Creator
content: Distler, Marian, 1919-1964
label: Collection Creator
content: Folkways Records
place: label: Place
content: Pennsylvania
label: Place
content: United States
topic: label: Topic
content: Jewish
label: Topic
content: Oral history
label: Topic
content: Aging
creator: label: Producer
content: Roth, Kevin
culture: label: Culture
content: Americans
label: Culture
content: Jews
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content: Moses and Frances Asch Collection
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content: Moses and Frances Asch Collection / Series 9: Audio Recordings / CD / CDR copy
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Sound recording (sound-tape reel, analog, 7 in.)
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
identifier: label: Identifier
content: CFCH.ASCH, Item FW-ASCH-7RR-0773
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sound recordings