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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