The Cantorial ‘Golden Age’ in America
Hosted By: YIVO
The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research presents a lecture-demonstration on the stars of the cantorial “golden age” and the rise of khazones, or cantorial music, as a form of popular culture in early twentieth-century America. After World War I, American cantors became major figures in radio, concerts, Yiddish theater and early sound films. The program also explores debates over this populist style and features historic recordings from the Jewish immigrant era.
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