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Voices of a People - THE STORY OF YIDDISH FOLKSONG (Paperback) Loot Price: R949
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Voices of a People - THE STORY OF YIDDISH FOLKSONG (Paperback): Ruth Rubin

Voices of a People - THE STORY OF YIDDISH FOLKSONG (Paperback)

Ruth Rubin

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The seminal work of Ruth Rubin, a pioneering collector, singer, folklorist, writer, and crusader for the vanishing legacy of the Yiddish world, Voices of a People remains the only general introduction to Yiddish folksong.

A priceless 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.

Noted scholar Mark Slobin provides a new foreword that includes a biographical sketch of Rubin and an assessment of her contributions over a lifetime of collecting, absorbing, and disseminating Yiddish folksong.

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Imprint: University of Illinois Press
Country of origin: United States
Release date: September 2000
First published: September 2000
Authors: Ruth Rubin
Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 38mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 560
ISBN-13: 978-0-252-06918-5
Categories: Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Folk music
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > Jewish studies
Books > Music > Folk music
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LSN: 0-252-06918-8
Barcode: 9780252069185

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