Voices of a People
Subtitle: THE STORY OF YIDDISH FOLKSONG
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: September 26, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 560
ISBN-13: 9780252069185
Subjects: Jewish studies; Music; Music/Songbooks; Ethnic; Genres & Styles - Folk & Traditional; History & Criticism - General; Music / General; Ethnomusicology; Folk Music; Folk songs, Yiddish; History and criticism; Jews
First sentence: THE MODERN YIDDISH LULLABIES ECHO THE DREAMS AND ASPIRATIONS of the average Jewish mother in the Czarist Pale of Settlement.
Description: "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.