Voices of a People: The Story of Yiddish FolksongWith notes and annotations that give insight into the larger story of the Jewish experience, this is a study of Yiddish folksongs of several types in both Yiddish and English. |
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Contents
Foreword by Mark Slobin | 13 |
Prologue | 17 |
At the Cradle | 29 |
The Childrens World | 44 |
Love and Courtship | 69 |
Marriage | 97 |
Customs and Beliefs | 128 |
Merriment | 159 |
Poverty Toil and Struggle | 278 |
Out of the Shadows | 310 |
To America | 342 |
To Zion | 368 |
Soviet Yiddish Folk Song | 399 |
RECRUITMENT work COLLECTIVE FARMS SONGS | 423 |
FolksongA Universal Language | 462 |
Appendix I | 485 |
Dancing Songs | 182 |
Historical and Topical | 199 |
Chasidic Melody and Songs | 230 |
Of Literary Origin | 250 |
Map of the Pale of Settlement | 523 |
| 533 | |
| 549 | |
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Common terms and phrases
aleyn arayn arbet avek aych azoy badchen ballad became bembe bride Cahan Ch'ob chant Chasidic Chasidim cheder child cumulative song Czarist dance songs dayn dear drink Eastern European father German geven geyn geyt ghetto girl Haskalah Hebrew hobn holy hostu Ibid Jewish Jewish community Jews kayn klezmorim kumen land lebn libe Lomir Lord love songs lullaby marriage Maskilim mayn kind melodies mentshn Misnagdim mother nemen nemt nisht oyfn Pale Palestine poem poets pogroms popular prayers rebe Refrain religious rhyme riddle song Rubin Russian S'iz Sabbath secular shabes sheyn Shlof Sholem Aleichem shoyn sing singer stanzas sung Talmudic Text Torah toyt tsum tsvey tune undz undzer veln velt vern Vilna Vilna ghetto Warsaw wedding whiskey Yiddish folk song yidn yokum bembe young zayn zenen zich Zion zolst Zunser
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| Title | Voices of a People: The Story of Yiddish Folksong |
| Author | Ruth Rubin |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | University of Illinois Press, 2000 |
| ISBN | 0252069188, 9780252069185 |
| Length | 558 pages |
| Subjects | › › Music / Ethnic Music / Ethnomusicology Music / Genres & Styles / Folk & Traditional Music / History & Criticism |
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