Voices of a People The Story of Yiddish Folksong

Name: Voices of a People The Story of Yiddish Folksong
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ISBN: 9780070541948

ISBN-10: 0070541949

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Edition: 2nd
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies, The
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 558
Language: English



Foreword



Preface


Guide to Transliterated Texts


Prologue: Ancestors of Yiddish Folk Song



At the Cradle



The Children's World



Love and Courtship



Marriage



Customs and Beliefs



Merriment



Dancing Songs



Historical and Topical



Chasidic Melody and Songs



Of Literary Origin



Poverty, Toil, and Struggle



Out of the Shadows



To America



To Zion



Soviet Yiddish Folk Song



The Struggle to Survive



Folksong - A Universal Language



First Printed Collections of Yiddish Songs



Music for Selected Songs from the Text


Map of the Pale of Settlement


Bibliography


General Index


Song Index