The Yiddish Folksong: A Survey
Hosted By: YIVO
This talk will situate the “Yiddish folksong” in the context of the general European folksong world as well as the world of the performed expressive culture of ‘Yiddishland’, from prayer through popular song. The lecture will then consider the stability of the song tradition, despite the widespread mobility, dislocation, and destruction of the singers and their communities, down to today’s resurgence of new Yiddish singer-songwriters.
Part of YIVO’s 2021 Yiddish Civilization Lecture series. Taking place on Zoom.
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